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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

909 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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CERRO GORDO IA-

909 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR CERRO

GORDO COUNTY...



UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING S OCCURRING AROUND MASON CITY AND OTHER 

LOCATIONS IN CERRO GORDO COUNTY. LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED AT 909 AM... 

THAT 12TH STREET CLOSED BY THE WATER PLANT. THERE WERE EVACUATION AT 

THE ROCK FALLS CAMP WOODS. FLOODING WAS CAUSING EVACUATIONS AT 

AUTUMN PARK APARTMENTS AND WATER IN BASEMENTS WAS WIDESPREAD.  



IN ADDITION...AT 854 AM... PUBLIC REPORTED EVACUATIONS OCCURRING 

ALONG CHELSEA CREEK AND WINNEBAGO RIVER AREAS...AS WELL AS CARS 

BEING SWEPT OFF ROADS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MASON CITY

AND CLEAR LAKE



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4324 9350 4325 9303 4291 9304 4292 9349

TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 180DEG 0KT 4307 9325



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