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WGUS73 KDMX 120220

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

918 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



IAC147-151-120715-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0086.000000T0000Z-080612T0715Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

PALO ALTO IA-POCAHONTAS IA-

918 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN POCAHONTAS AND PALO ALTO COUNTIES...



AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

EMMETSBURG...LAURENS...MALLARD AND RODMAN.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AND RADAR INDICATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. 

THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING IN FIELDS AND DITCHES TO OVERFLOW ONTO ROADS.



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 4325 9457 4325 9446 4291 9446 4263 9492

      4301 9492 4326 9464 4326 9457

TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 180DEG 0KT 4296 9471



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