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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

712 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008



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SAC IA-

712 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN SAC COUNTY...



AT 709 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCHALLER 

INDICATE THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE MAPLE RIVER IN FAR NORTHERN SAC 

COUNTY ARE RUNNING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  FIELD FLOODING IS ALSO 

OCCURRING NEAR THESE LOCATIONS FROM THE HEAVIER RAINFALL LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON.  



ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF 

INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.



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 4257 9540 4256 9499 4256 9492 4247 9492

      4248 9487 4242 9487 4241 9533 4247 9533

      4247 9540



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