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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1025 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



IAC001-077-250500-

ADAIR IA-GUTHRIE IA-

1025 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUTHRIE AND NORTHERN

ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH IN 

INTENSITY...FLASH FLOODING WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN GUTHRIE AND 

NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTIES THIS EVENING.  ALTHOUGH CALLS TO THE GUTHRIE 

AND ADAIR COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICES DID NOT NOTE ANY ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING...AT 848 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER OVER WHITE POLE 

ROAD...OR OLD HIGHWAY 6...BETWEEN ADAIR AND CASEY.  AN AUTOMATED 

RAIN GAGE BETWEEN ADAIR AND CASEY IN EXTREME SOUTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY 

REPORTED 2.24 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 400 PM.



AT 1018 PM...TRAINED SPOTTERS IN GUTHRIE CENTER REPORTED 2.63 INCHES 

OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH BASEMENT FLOODING.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...GREENFIELD...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA AND STUART.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4122 9470 4137 9427 4182 9430 4168 9472



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