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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1152 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009



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TAYLOR IA-ADAMS IA-

1152 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS AND

TAYLOR COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 1149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE 

WARNED AREA. AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 

HOUR...ESPECIALLY FROM THE GRAVITY AREA SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE 

MISSOURI BORDER.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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LAT...LON 4057 9460 4057 9492 4058 9493 4072 9492

      4073 9494 4106 9494 4105 9448 4057 9449

      4057 9459



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