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WGUS73 KDMX 082153

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

452 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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BUTLER IA-

452 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...



AT 447 PM CDT...A BROKEN LEVEE ON BEAVER CREEK NEAR NEW HARTFORD 

CONTINUES TO INUNDATE PORTIONS OF THE AREA.  BE PREPARED FOR RAPID 

RISES OF WATER NEAR THE BREECH. 



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 4255 9256 4255 9263 4256 9265 4255 9265

      4255 9270 4262 9269 4263 9256

TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 180DEG 0KT 4257 9263



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