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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1046 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



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WEBSTER IA-

1046 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

AN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM WITH ENHANCED RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS 

WESTERN PORTION OF WEBSTER COUNTY THROUGH 1130 AM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT DODGE



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 4265 9398 4248 9399 4246 9395 4221 9395

      4223 9440 4248 9441 4249 9445 4265 9445

TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 180DEG 0KT 4230 9424



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