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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

448 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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CERRO GORDO IA-

448 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CERRO

GORDO COUNTY...



AT 448 PM CDT...MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF CERRO GORDO 

COUNTY FROM RAINFALL OVERNIGHT INTO THIS AFTERNOON.  FLOODING FROM A 

BROKEN LEVEE CONTINUES NEAR EAST PARK.  IN ADDITION...THE WATER 

WORKS HAS BEEN INUNDATED BY THE HIGH WATERS AND PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO 

CONSERVE WATER.  



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

AND CLEAR LAKE



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 4291 9303 4291 9350 4325 9350 4325 9303

TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 180DEG 0KT 4307 9330



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