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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

317 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



IAC063-142315-

EMMET IA-

317 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



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

UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



AT 315 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THAT THE 

ICE JAM SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD CONTINUES TO PRODUCE RAPID RISES ON THE 

WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER.  420TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF 

WALLINGFORD REMAINS UNDER WATER WITH WATER UP TO THE SHOULDER ON 

BURR OAK ROAD.  ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS 

AFTERNOON AS THE ICE JAM PERSISTS.



SHOULD THE ICE JAM BREAK...VERY QUICK RISES CAN BE EXPECTED 

DOWNSTREAM ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER.  INUNDATION MAY 

OCCUR IN UNDER 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 142025

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

317 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



IAC063-142315-

EMMET IA-

317 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



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

UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



AT 315 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THAT THE 

ICE JAM SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD CONTINUES TO PRODUCE RAPID RISES ON THE 

WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER.  420TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF 

WALLINGFORD REMAINS UNDER WATER WITH WATER UP TO THE SHOULDER ON 

BURR OAK ROAD.  ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS 

AFTERNOON AS THE ICE JAM PERSISTS.



SHOULD THE ICE JAM BREAK...VERY QUICK RISES CAN BE EXPECTED 

DOWNSTREAM ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER.  INUNDATION MAY 

OCCUR IN UNDER 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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