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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

327 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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TAMA IA-MARSHALL IA-

327 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR

MARSHALL AND TAMA COUNTIES...



AT 324 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD 

RAIN AGGRAVATING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



AT 330 AM...MARSHALL COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

SECONDARY GRAVEL ROADS INUNDATED WITH WATER. IN ADDITION A SECTION 

HIGHWAY OF HIGHWAY 146 SOUTH OF LE GRAND WAS FLOODED UNDER WATER.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOLEDO...

TAMA...STATE CENTER...MARSHALLTOWN AND DYSART



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4187 9324 4221 9324 4221 9278 4229 9278

      4229 9231 4186 9231

TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 180DEG 0KT 4195 9292



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