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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

341 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



IAC071-129-137-145-060930-

FREMONT IA-PAGE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-MILLS IA-

341 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR

MILLS...MONTGOMERY...PAGE AND FREMONT COUNTIES...



AT 336 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNED AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING REMAIN OVER THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA.



MUDSLIDES WERE REPORTED AROUND GLENWOOD...IA AS WELL AS BY THE ROCK 

QUARRY ON THE WEST SIDE OF MILLS COUNTY.  EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING 

WAS OCCURRING IN HAMBURG...IN FREMONT COUNTY.  MANY PAVED AND GRAVEL 

ROADS WERE UNDER WATER THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY COUNTY.  ACROSS PAGE 

COUNTY...CLARINDA WAS REPORTING EXTENSIVE FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

VILLISCA...STANTON...RED OAK AND ESSEX.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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 4060 9569 4063 9495 4115 9495 4087 9579



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000 

WGUS73 KOAX 060844

FFSOAX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

341 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



IAC071-129-137-145-060930-

FREMONT IA-PAGE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-MILLS IA-

341 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR

MILLS...MONTGOMERY...PAGE AND FREMONT COUNTIES...



AT 336 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNED AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING REMAIN OVER THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA.



MUDSLIDES WERE REPORTED AROUND GLENWOOD...IA AS WELL AS BY THE ROCK 

QUARRY ON THE WEST SIDE OF MILLS COUNTY.  EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING 

WAS OCCURRING IN HAMBURG...IN FREMONT COUNTY.  MANY PAVED AND GRAVEL 

ROADS WERE UNDER WATER THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY COUNTY.  ACROSS PAGE 

COUNTY...CLARINDA WAS REPORTING EXTENSIVE FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

VILLISCA...STANTON...RED OAK AND ESSEX.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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 4060 9569 4063 9495 4115 9495 4087 9579



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JR

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