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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

520 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



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WARREN IA-

520 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY...



AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD EXITED 

THE AREA...HOWEVER...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:



...RAY STREET AND HIGHWAY 69 WITH GRAVEL OVER HIGHWAY 69

...COUNTY ROAD G76 AND HIGHWAY 69 PORTIONS OF THE ROAD SHOULDER HAVE 

   BEEN WASHED OUT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LACONA AND

MILO



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.



LAT...LON 4131 9365 4132 9339 4116 9335 4116 9363

TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 180DEG 0KT 4119 9353



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