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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1135 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



IAC001-077-250500-

ADAIR IA-GUTHRIE IA-

1135 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



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

ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY...FLASH 

FLOODING WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN GUTHRIE AND NORTHERN ADAIR 

COUNTIES LATE 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 2.99 INCHES OF 

RAIN SINCE 1100 AM.



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.



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 4122 9470 4137 9427 4182 9430 4168 9472



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 250435

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1135 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



IAC001-077-250500-

ADAIR IA-GUTHRIE IA-

1135 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



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

ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY...FLASH 

FLOODING WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN GUTHRIE AND NORTHERN ADAIR 

COUNTIES LATE 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 2.99 INCHES OF 

RAIN SINCE 1100 AM.



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.



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 4122 9470 4137 9427 4182 9430 4168 9472



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