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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1050 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



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ADAIR IA-WEBSTER IA-GREENE IA-GUTHRIE IA-

1050 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

GUTHRIE...GREENE...WEBSTER AND ADAIR COUNTIES...



AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT 

DODGE...GOWRIE...JEFFERSON...GUTHRIE CENTER AND GREENFIELD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS ADAIR AND GUTHRIE COUNTIES.



IN GUTHRIE COUNTY AROUND 1045 PM...WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD AT 170TH 

ST AND QUAIL AVENUE...WHICH IS ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GUTHRIE 

CENTER.  ALSO...3 MILES SOUTH OF JAMAICA...WATER WAS MOVING VERY 

FAST OVER THE ROAD ON 140TH STREET EAST WOOD ROAD.



STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN FORT DODGE WITH WATER UP TO 6 INCHES 

DEEP OVER THE ROAD ON LOW-LYING PORTIONS OF HWY 7 NEAR FORT DODGE. 



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 4158 9471 4161 9476 4185 9475 4185 9464

      4221 9464 4221 9441 4265 9445 4265 9400

      4248 9397 4247 9394 4222 9394 4221 9417

      4186 9417 4186 9429 4117 9425 4116 9471

TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 180DEG 0KT 4238 9416



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