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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

819 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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

819 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 816 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. EXTENSIVE STREET FLOOD WAS 

REPORTED IN OTTUMWA...ENOUGH TO STALL SEVERAL CARS.  ROADS ALSO 

REMAIN UNDER WATER NEAR MYSTIC.



A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA...AND WILL 

MOVE THROUGH OTTUMWA AROUND 830 PM. ANOTHER STORM IN MISSOURI WILL 

MOVE ACROSS APPANOOSE AND WAPELLO COUNTIES BEFORE 10 PM...EXTENDING 

THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BLOOMFIELD...CENTERVILLE AND ELDON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 0119Z 235DEG 42KT 4090 9262



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