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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

926 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



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SAC IA-

926 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SAC

COUNTY...



AT 923 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO  REPORT 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING.



SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 10 AND HIGHWAY 

20...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 71 NEAR THE TOWN OF EARLY....WERE AFFECTED 

BY FLASH FLOODING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SCHALLER...

NEMAHA AND EARLY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT

THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4256 9538 4256 9493 4237 9497 4227 9532

      4248 9533 4250 9538

TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 180DEG 0KT 4243 9519



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