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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

832 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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BOONE IA-STORY IA-POLK IA-DALLAS IA-

832 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR

DALLAS...POLK...STORY AND BOONE COUNTIES...



AT 827 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



DALLAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS WITH NUMEROUS COUNTY GRAVEL ROADS WITH WATER FLOWING 

OVER THEM. SOME ROADS COVERED TO A FOOT OR MORE WITH WATER.



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

WOODWARD...STORY CITY...POLK CITY...PERRY...OGDEN...NEVADA...

MADRID...JOHNSTON...HUXLEY...DALLAS CENTER...BOONE...BONDURANT...

ANKENY AND AMES



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.



NUMEROUS RODS WERE FLOODED IN ZEARING AND NEVADA. IT IS LIKELY 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF STREAMS MAY BE THREATENING ROADS IN OTHER 

PLACES NOT YET KNOWN. THIS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING FOR FAST MOVING 

VEHICLES...BE PREPARED FOR WATER OVER ROADS WITH NO ROAD BLOCKS.   



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.



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 4182 9427 4185 9415 4220 9415 4218 9326

      4187 9324 4187 9336 4153 9336 4152 9394

      4153 9424

TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 180DEG 0KT 4166 9405



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