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WGUS73 KDMX 240413

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1113 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009



IAC153-240530-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

POLK IA-

1113 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY

UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...



WALNUT CREEK APPEARS TO HAVE CRESTED IN CLIVE AND WILL CREST WITHIN 

THE NEXT HOUR AT 63RD STREET.  THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS 

DIMINISHING.



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.



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LAT...LON 4157 9380 4159 9379 4160 9382 4167 9382

      4167 9371 4160 9363 4158 9361 4152 9380



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