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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1249 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008



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MAHASKA IA-MARION IA-

1249 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008



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

SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND MAHASKA COUNTIES...



AT 1247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY 

RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

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



ANOTHER HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER AREAS 

THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING THROUGH 2 

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 0549Z 180DEG 0KT 4138 9312



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