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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1212 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



IAC003-029-071000-

ADAMS IA-CASS IA-

1212 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS AND CASS COUNTIES

UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



AT 1202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAVING MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 11 PM ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH SOUTHEAST 

ADAMS LIKELY HAVING RECEIVED AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN. A RAIN GAGE IN 

ANITA REPORTED NEARLY ONE HALF INCH SINCE 11 PM. 



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ATLANTIC...CORNING AND GRISWOLD.



AS OF 1145 PM...ADAMS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MINOR STREET 

FLOODING AROUND THE COUNTY.



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.



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 4116 9493 4091 9493 4090 9449 4116 9449

      4116 9471 4151 9471 4151 9516 4116 9517



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