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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

516 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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CRAWFORD IA-

516 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR

CRAWFORD COUNTY...



AT 510 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WESTSIDE...VAIL...SCHLESWIG...RICKETTS...KIRON...DELOIT...DENISON...A

ND CHARTER OAK.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HWY 39...HWY 30 CLOSED BETWEEN DELOIT 

AND DUNLAP DUE TO THE ROADS BEING COVERED WITH WATER. NUMEROUS 

GRAVEL ROADS WERE WASHED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTY AS WELL.



FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG HIGHWAY 141 WEST OF CHARTER OAK. IN 

ADDITION...FLOODING IN AND AROUND DOW CITY...SCHLESWIG AS WELL AS 

WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 30 SOUTHWEST OF DOW CITY. 



OTTER CREEK NEAR KIRON IS FLASH FLOODING OUT OF ITS BANKS AND MAY BE 

AFFECTING MANY SECONDARY ROADS.  



FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR DENISON WHERE THE EAST AND THE WEST 

FORKS OF THE BOYER RIVER MEET.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES THROUGHOUT THE 

EARLY MORNING HOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTSIDE...

VAIL...SCHLESWIG...RICKETTS...KIRON...DELOIT AND CHARTER OAK.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

MORNING FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4221 9568 4221 9510 4190 9509 4186 9510

      4186 9568

TIME...MOT...LOC 1016Z 180DEG 0KT 4202 9536



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