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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

838 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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CASS IA-

838 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN CASS COUNTY...



AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WIOTA AND 

CUMBERLAND.



AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS NEAR ANITA RECORDED OVER THREE AND A 

HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...AND RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVIER 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH OF THAT LOCATION IN THE WARNED AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT CASS COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 930 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4139 9471 4116 9471 4116 9482 4129 9498

      4146 9498 4146 9484



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