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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 081530

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1024 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC099-127-081830-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080608T1830Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

MARSHALL IA-JASPER IA-

1024 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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

JASPER AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...



AT 1019 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE 

WARNED AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STATE CENTER 

MARSHALLTOWN AND NEWTON.



NUMEROUS RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE IN FLOOD AT THIS TIME. THIS IS 

CAUSING SERIOUS FLOODING INCLUDING CLOSED ROADS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4153 9279 4152 9333 4160 9333 4160 9335

      4186 9335 4186 9323 4220 9324 4220 9278

      4185 9278

TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 180DEG 0KT 4197 9293



$$

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 081530

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1024 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC099-127-081830-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080608T1830Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

MARSHALL IA-JASPER IA-

1024 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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

JASPER AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...



AT 1019 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE 

WARNED AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STATE CENTER 

MARSHALLTOWN AND NEWTON.



NUMEROUS RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE IN FLOOD AT THIS TIME. THIS IS 

CAUSING SERIOUS FLOODING INCLUDING CLOSED ROADS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4153 9279 4152 9333 4160 9333 4160 9335

      4186 9335 4186 9323 4220 9324 4220 9278

      4185 9278

TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 180DEG 0KT 4197 9293



$$

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