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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
836 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

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CARROLL IA-CRAWFORD IA-
836 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD AND
WESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH  FLOODING INCLUDE...
MANILLA AND MANNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH 1 AM.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR AND THE
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 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 4221 9523 4221 9497 4186 9496 4186 9538

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