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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

625 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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CRAWFORD IA-

625 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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

CRAWFORD COUNTY...



AT 624 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



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

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



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 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.  



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 1125Z 180DEG 0KT 4202 9536



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