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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

120 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



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WAPELLO IA-MAHASKA IA-

120 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MAHASKA AND WAPELLO COUNTIES...



ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

IOWA...RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE 

EARLY MORNING HOURS.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATED THAT ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE 

FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING 3.10 INCHES OBSERVED AT 

THE OTTUMWA AIRPORT.  OVER TWO INCHES OF THAT AMOUNT FELL IN AROUND 

30 MINUTES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

OSKALOOSA...OTTUMWA...FREMONT AND KIRKVILLE.  COMPETINE 

CREEK...CEDAR CREEK AND COMSTOCK CREEK MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED BY 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS.



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.



LAT...LON 4105 9265 4116 9264 4116 9266 4132 9266

      4132 9242 4131 9240 4116 9241 4117 9220

      4116 9218 4093 9218

TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 180DEG 0KT 4109 9258



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