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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1214 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



IAC039-053-159-173-175-071000-

DECATUR IA-RINGGOLD IA-TAYLOR IA-UNION IA-CLARKE IA-

1214 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLARKE...DECATUR...

RINGGOLD...TAYLOR AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



AT 1211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN SINCE 11 PM ACROSS UNION...TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD 

COUNTIES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER CLARKE AND DECATUR COUNTIES.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BEDFORD...CRESTON...LAMONI...LENOX...LEON...MOUNT AYR AND 

OSCEOLA.



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 4058 9492 4058 9356 4116 9357 4116 9448

      4090 9448 4091 9493



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