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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

606 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



IAC007-051-135-179-130415-

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APPANOOSE IA-DAVIS IA-MONROE IA-WAPELLO IA-

606 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

WAPELLO...MONROE...DAVIS AND APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



AT 603 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 

WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

OTTUMWA...ELDON...BLOOMFIELD AND ALBIA. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING

FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4092 9310 4117 9290 4116 9242 4117 9218

      4090 9217 4060 9219 4058 9310

TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 180DEG 0KT 4074 9264



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