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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

748 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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WRIGHT IA-

748 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR

WRIGHT COUNTY...



AT 746 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 EAGLE

GROVE...CLARION AND BELMOND



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED IN BOTH EAGLE GROVE AND CLARION...WITH SOME CLOSED 

ROADWAYS. 



NUMEROUS ROADS WERE LIKELY UNDER WATER ACROSS THE AREA. FLOODING IS 

LIKELY EXTENSIVE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4255 9351 4256 9397 4291 9398 4291 9350

TIME...MOT...LOC 1248Z 180DEG 0KT 4264 9380



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