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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

118 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



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

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

118 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 106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS CLARKE 

AND DECATUR COUNTIES...WITH LIGHT RAINFALL OCCURRING FARTHER WEST 

OVER TAYLOR...UNION AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES. SINCE MIDNIGHT...RAINFALL 

GAGES REPORTED JUST OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN AT AFTON IN UNION 

COUNTY...EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH AT OSCEOLA...AND OVER ONE HALF INCH 

AT LAMONI. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE LATE IN THE 

EVENING OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE 

HIGHER AMOUNTS OCCURRING FROM REDDING TO OSCEOLA...AS WELL AS AROUND 

LAMONI.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA LATER 

TONIGHT. 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.



AT 1240 AM...UNION COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THOMPSON FORK HAS 

RISEN OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR TALMAGE...BUT REMAINED CONTAINED IN THE 

FLOOD ZONE.



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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