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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

120 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



IAC063-142315-

EMMET IA-

120 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMMET 

COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



AT 115 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THAT THE ICE JAM SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD ON THE WEST FORK OF 

THE DES MOINES RIVER REMAINED IN PLACE.  WATER CONTINUED TO RISE 

BEHIND THIS JAM AND HAD INUNDATED 420TH AVENUE SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD. 

IN ADDITION...WATER HAD FILLED THE DITCHES AND WAS APPROACHING THE 

ROAD SURFACE ALONG BURR OAK ROAD.  CONTINUED RAPID RISES ARE 

EXPECTED UPSTREAM OF THE ICE JAM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  



IF THE ICE JAM DOES BREAK...LOCATIONS DOWNSTREAM OF THE JAM TO THE 

SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY BORDER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING 

WITH RAPID INUNDATION OCCURRING IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 141820

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

120 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



IAC063-142315-

EMMET IA-

120 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMMET 

COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



AT 115 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THAT THE ICE JAM SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD ON THE WEST FORK OF 

THE DES MOINES RIVER REMAINED IN PLACE.  WATER CONTINUED TO RISE 

BEHIND THIS JAM AND HAD INUNDATED 420TH AVENUE SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD. 

IN ADDITION...WATER HAD FILLED THE DITCHES AND WAS APPROACHING THE 

ROAD SURFACE ALONG BURR OAK ROAD.  CONTINUED RAPID RISES ARE 

EXPECTED UPSTREAM OF THE ICE JAM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  



IF THE ICE JAM DOES BREAK...LOCATIONS DOWNSTREAM OF THE JAM TO THE 

SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY BORDER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING 

WITH RAPID INUNDATION OCCURRING IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481



$$



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