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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

103 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



IAC003-029-071000-

ADAMS IA-CASS IA-

103 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



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

UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



AT 102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT ONLY ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE LATE IN THE EVENING RANGE 

FROM GENERALLY ONE INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TO ONE AND A HALF 

INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ADAMS COUNTY.



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

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE BACK OVER THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SOME 

LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ATLANTIC...CORNING 

AND GRISWOLD.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR 

IN A VEHICLE.



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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