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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1150 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



IAC125-181-262015-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080626T2015Z/

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

MARION IA-WARREN IA-

1150 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR

WARREN AND MARION COUNTIES...



AT 1148 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



IN WARREN COUNTY..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. 



NO KNOWN AREAS OF FLOODING WERE KNOWN ACROSS MARION COUNTY AT 1150 

AM...HOWEVER THE VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE LIKELY CAUSED SOME FLASH 

FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN AND RUNOFF MAY 

QUICKLY CAUSE WATER TO PUSH OVER ROADWAYS.  



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

PLEASANTVILLE...PELLA...NORWALK AND CARLISLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 4117 9379 4150 9380 4151 9343 4149 9340

      4149 9333 4151 9333 4151 9290 4117 9288

      4116 9329

TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 180DEG 0KT 4136 9310



$$



RUSSELL

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 261653

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1150 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



IAC125-181-262015-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080626T2015Z/

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

MARION IA-WARREN IA-

1150 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR

WARREN AND MARION COUNTIES...



AT 1148 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



IN WARREN COUNTY..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. 



NO KNOWN AREAS OF FLOODING WERE KNOWN ACROSS MARION COUNTY AT 1150 

AM...HOWEVER THE VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE LIKELY CAUSED SOME FLASH 

FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN AND RUNOFF MAY 

QUICKLY CAUSE WATER TO PUSH OVER ROADWAYS.  



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

PLEASANTVILLE...PELLA...NORWALK AND CARLISLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 4117 9379 4150 9380 4151 9343 4149 9340

      4149 9333 4151 9333 4151 9290 4117 9288

      4116 9329

TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 180DEG 0KT 4136 9310



$$



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