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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

604 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



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DAVIS IA-

604 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR DAVIS

COUNTY...



AT 554 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLOOMFIELD 

...PULASKI...AND FLORIS.



THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF DAVIS COUNTY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED AN 

ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 

1 TO 2 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.



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. THE FOX AND LITTLE FOX RIVER 

BASINS...AS WELL AS THE NORTH AND SOUTH WYACONDA BASINS...CARTER 

CREEK...AND THE NORTH FABIUS BASIN...ARE MOST AT RISK FOR FLOODING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4059 9265 4090 9264 4090 9218 4068 9218

      4060 9219 4059 9220



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