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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

434 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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ADAMS IA-

434 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR ADAMS

COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

CARBON...CORNING AND PRESCOTT. 



AT 429 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING HAD MOVED 

OUT OF THE AREA THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

WOULD STILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING RISING CREEKS AND OVERRUNNING SOME 

ROADS. 



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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4091 9494 4116 9494 4116 9448 4090 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 0934Z 180DEG 0KT 4103 9476



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