

000 

WGUS73 KDMX 080944

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

444 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC069-079-083-081430-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080608T1430Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

FRANKLIN IA-HAMILTON IA-HARDIN IA-

444 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR

HARDIN...HAMILTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...



AT 440 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NEARLY FIVE INCHES IN THE ALDEN 

AND IOWA FALLS AREAS...WITH THESE AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE QUITE 

COMMON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...CAUSING A DANGEROUS AND LIFE 

THREATENING FLASH FLOODING SITUATION.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEBSTER 

CITY...SHEFFIELD...IOWA FALLS...WILLIAMS...KAMRAR...ALDEN AND 

HAMPTON.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER OR WASHED OUT. THIS 

INCLUDES PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 35 NEAR MILE MARKER 141 AND HWY 65 8 

MILES SOUTH OF HAMPTON. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ALDEN.



IN ADDITION...DURING HEAVY RAINS HIGHWAY 65 NORTH OF HAMPTON IS 

PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS GRAVEL 

ROADS HAVING BEEN WASHED OUT IN THE ACKLEY AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SUNDAY

MORNING FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4291 9304 4222 9303 4221 9393 4248 9392

      4248 9396 4256 9396 4255 9350 4291 9349

TIME...MOT...LOC 0944Z 180DEG 0KT 4245 9349



$$



RUSSELL

