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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

632 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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BUTLER IA-

632 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



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

SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...



AT 625 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 

BREACHED LEVEE NEAR NEW HARTFORD IS PRODUCING EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN 

AND AROUND NEW HARTFORD. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ASKING FOR MANDATORY 

EVACUATIONS FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF NEW HARTFORD. SHELTER CAN BE TAKEN 

AT WEST GYM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA IN CEDAR FALLS.  

BEAVER CREEK CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY RISE NEAR NEW HARTFORD WITH 

ADDITIONAL INUNDATION EXPECTED.



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 2332Z 180DEG 0KT 4257 9263



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