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WGUS73 KDMX 120623

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

122 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



IAC147-151-120715-

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PALO ALTO IA-POCAHONTAS IA-

122 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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

NORTHWESTERN POCAHONTAS AND PALO ALTO COUNTIES...



AT 119 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SUBSIDED FOR NOW...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 300 AM CDT WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL MOVING 

NORTHEAST FROM NEBRASKA.





EARLIER LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING IN THE 

LAURENS AREA.



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 0622Z 180DEG 0KT 4296 9471



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