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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

734 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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

734 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 729 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



AT 721 PM...THE APPANOOSE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

WATER FLOWING OVER PAVED AND GRAVEL ROADS ONE MILE NORTH OF MYSTIC.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

OTTUMWA...ELDON...BLOOMFIELD...ALBIA...MORAVIA AND BLAKESBURG.



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

WARNED AREA AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM 

MISSOURI.



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.



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 0034Z 180DEG 0KT 4074 9264



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