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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
409 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

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POWESHIEK IA-MARSHALL IA-JASPER IA-
409 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JASPER...SOUTHERN
MARSHALL AND WESTERN POWESHIEK COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...

AT 407 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
ESTIMATES SHOW 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF EASTERN 
JASPER COUNTY INTO WEST CENTRAL POWESHIEK COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH  FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRINNELL...NEWTON AND MONTEZUMA.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON ILLINOIS AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 6 
IN KELLOGG AND ALSO ON NORTHFIELD DRIVE.  A HOUSE WAS SURROUND BY 
WATER.  U.S. HIGHWAY 6 WAS ALSO FLOODED AND CLOSED NEAR OAKLAND 
ACRES WITH CARS STALLED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 4151 9299 4169 9322 4196 9323 4194 9283
      4188 9276 4186 9276 4186 9274 4151 9234

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