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WGUS73 KDMX 130243

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

937 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



IAC007-051-135-179-130415-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0100.000000T0000Z-080613T0415Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

937 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 934 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN OTTUMWA...WITH MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WAY. 

FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING WITHIN THE CITY AND NUMEROUS CARS WERE 

STALLED.



IN ADDITION...THE MYSTIC RESERVOIR ROAD NORTH OF MYSTIC WAS FLOODED 

IN APPANOOSE COUNTY.  



AT LEAST 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS THIS 

EVENING...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD OCCUR BEFORE 

THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND 1130 PM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

NUMA...PLANO...RATHBUN...MORAVIA...UNIONVILLE...BLAKESBURG... 

CHILLICOTHE...AGENCY AND BLOOMFIELD. RAINFALL COULD EXCEED 5 INCHES 

IN THESE AREAS...WITH SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AT NIGHT 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 0237Z 235DEG 40KT 4044 9396



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 130243

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

937 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



IAC007-051-135-179-130415-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0100.000000T0000Z-080613T0415Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

937 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 934 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN OTTUMWA...WITH MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WAY. 

FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING WITHIN THE CITY AND NUMEROUS CARS WERE 

STALLED.



IN ADDITION...THE MYSTIC RESERVOIR ROAD NORTH OF MYSTIC WAS FLOODED 

IN APPANOOSE COUNTY.  



AT LEAST 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS THIS 

EVENING...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD OCCUR BEFORE 

THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND 1130 PM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

NUMA...PLANO...RATHBUN...MORAVIA...UNIONVILLE...BLAKESBURG... 

CHILLICOTHE...AGENCY AND BLOOMFIELD. RAINFALL COULD EXCEED 5 INCHES 

IN THESE AREAS...WITH SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AT NIGHT 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 0237Z 235DEG 40KT 4044 9396



$$

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