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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

356 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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LUCAS IA-MONROE IA-MARION IA-WARREN IA-

356 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR

WARREN...SOUTHWESTERN MARION...MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN LUCAS

COUNTIES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED.



AT 345 AM CDT...MONROE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING. A CAR WAS SUBMERGED IN WATER COVERING OLD 

HIGHWAY 34...5 MILES EAST OF ALBIA. SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING WAS 

ALSO OCCURING IN MELROSE. MARION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 

WATER OVER A COUNTY ROAD ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF 140TH AVENUE AND VERMONT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

INDIANOLA...MELCHER DALLAS...AND ALBIA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4115 9357 4142 9370 4141 9333 4101 9264

      4090 9264 4090 9316



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