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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1114 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008



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TAMA IA-POWESHIEK IA-

1114 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN POWESHIEK AND SOUTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTIES...



AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE PRECIPITATION HAD DIMINISHED THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA.  

HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE.  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  



THE EXCESSIVE RAIN LIKELY FELL MAINLY OVER RURAL AREAS OF THE 

COUNTY...INCLUDING NEAR THE TOWN OF HARTWICK.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4185 9264 4191 9231 4165 9231 4173 9265

TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 180DEG 0KT 4179 9264



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