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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

954 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006



IAC179-120800-

WAPELLO IA-

954 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY 

UNTIL 300 AM CDT...



AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED A LARGE AREA OF 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS FELL OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN WAPELLO 

COUNTY...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF OTTUMWA.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS AND WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR IN ADDITION TO 

LARGE AREAS OF PONDED WATER. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE...AGENCY AND ELDON.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY 

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES.



LAT...LON 4094 9263 4095 9264 4116 9264 4115 9220

      4111 9220 4111 9219 4091 9219 4090 9220

      4090 9263



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