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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 262049

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

347 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



IAC007-117-135-262130-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0114.000000T0000Z-080626T2130Z/

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

APPANOOSE IA-LUCAS IA-MONROE IA-

347 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR

WESTERN MONROE...EASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



AT 345 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MELROSE...CHARITON...WILLIAMSON AND LOVILIA.



NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER IN WESTERN MONROE 

COUNTY...INCLUDING TWO FEET OF WATER OVER ROADS IN DOWNTOWN MELROSE. 

MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN ARE IMPASSIBLE AND HAVE BEEN BARRICADED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4116 9343 4116 9288 4084 9278 4087 9306

      4090 9309 4090 9322

TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 180DEG 0KT 4104 9305



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 262049

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

347 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



IAC007-117-135-262130-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0114.000000T0000Z-080626T2130Z/

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

APPANOOSE IA-LUCAS IA-MONROE IA-

347 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR

WESTERN MONROE...EASTERN LUCAS AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



AT 345 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MELROSE...CHARITON...WILLIAMSON AND LOVILIA.



NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER IN WESTERN MONROE 

COUNTY...INCLUDING TWO FEET OF WATER OVER ROADS IN DOWNTOWN MELROSE. 

MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN ARE IMPASSIBLE AND HAVE BEEN BARRICADED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4116 9343 4116 9288 4084 9278 4087 9306

      4090 9309 4090 9322

TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 180DEG 0KT 4104 9305



$$



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