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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

132 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008



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JASPER IA-POLK IA-DALLAS IA-MAHASKA IA-MARION IA-WARREN IA-

132 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN WARREN...MARION...SOUTHWESTERN MAHASKA...NORTHEASTERN

DALLAS...POLK AND WESTERN JASPER COUNTIES...



AT 127 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH 4.88 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE ANKENY AIRPORT THIS EVENING.  THE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE INTENSE RAINFALL HAVE REDEVELOPED THE 

SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED 

IN THE NEAR TERM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDSOR

HEIGHTS...URBANDALE...PRAIRIE CITY...POLK CITY...PLEASANT HILL...

JOHNSTON...DES MOINES...COLFAX...BONDURANT...ANKENY AND ALTOONA



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.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY

MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4117 9259 4116 9317 4154 9369 4185 9390

      4187 9335 4163 9300



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