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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

215 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



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EMMET IA-

215 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



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

COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



AT 210 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT AN 

ICE JAM REMAINED ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER SOUTH OF 

WALLINGFORD.  THIS WAS PRODUCING FLOODING UPSTREAM OF THE JAM WITH 

WATER COVERING 420TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF WALLINGFORD.  WATER WAS 

ALSO IN THE DITCHES AROUND BURR OAK ROAD WITH THE WATER APPROACHING 

THE ROAD SURFACE.  ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE ICE JAM OBSTRUCTS THE FLOW IN THE RIVER.



SHOULD THE ICE JAM BREAK...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE 

DOWNSTREAM OF THE JAM IN SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY ALONG THE WEST FORK 

OF THE DES MOINES RIVER.  RAPID RISES WITH INUNDATION OCCURRING IN 

LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.



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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