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WGUS73 KDMX 030143

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

842 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



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DECATUR IA-RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-CLARKE IA-

842 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CLARKE...SOUTHEASTERN UNION...NORTHEASTERN RINGGOLD AND

NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN PORTIONS OF WARNED AREA EARLIER 

THIS EVENING.  FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE LONG AND 

SHORT CREEK BASINS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE THOMPSON RIVER. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURN



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 4101 9420 4102 9357 4090 9356 4077 9420



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