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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1033 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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MADISON IA-WARREN IA-

1033 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR

WARREN AND MADISON COUNTIES...



AT 1029 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH 

SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

NORWALK...EARLHAM AND CARLISLE.



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

CAUSING SERIOUS FLOODING INCLUDING CLOSED ROADS.



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 4116 9425 4150 9424 4150 9391 4151 9384

      4151 9343 4149 9340 4150 9337 4149 9333

      4122 9334

TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 180DEG 0KT 4144 9385



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