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WGUS73 KDMX 261543

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1040 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



IAC169-262045-

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

STORY IA-

1040 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR STORY

COUNTY...



AT 1038 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STORY CITY...

NEVADA AND AMES



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 4186 9325 4186 9370 4209 9370 4210 9371

      4220 9371 4220 9324

TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 180DEG 0KT 4196 9354



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