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WGUS73 KDMX 100333

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1033 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008



IAC123-125-100800-

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MAHASKA IA-MARION IA-

1033 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND MAHASKA COUNTIES...



AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF MARION AND MAHASKA COUNTIES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PELLA AND NEW

SHARON...HARVEY...KNOXVILLE...AND MELCHER-DALLAS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH 1200 AM CDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4151 9242 4131 9243 4132 9273 4116 9280

      4117 9332 4151 9302

TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 180DEG 0KT 4138 9312



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