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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

204 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



IAC117-071100-

LUCAS IA-

204 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS COUNTY UNTIL 600

AM CDT...



AT 157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. A RAIN GAGE IN CHARITON REPORTED NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE 

1 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY SINCE LAST EVENING...WITH SLIGHTLY MORE 

ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTION...NEAR LUCAS.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE WARNED AREA BY 3 AM...BUT LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE OF MORE HOURS. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TOWARD MORNING IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



WATER FROM THE WHITE BREAST CREEK WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 

BE FLOWING INTO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 34 AND 65 IN LUCAS LATE 

LAST EVENING. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SINCE THEN HAS LIKELY 

CONTRIBUTED TO ADDITIONAL RISES OF WATER IN THIS AREA AND PROBABLY 

OTHER AREAS OF LUCAS 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 4090 9356 4091 9310 4116 9310 4116 9356



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MOYER

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 070705

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

204 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



IAC117-071100-

LUCAS IA-

204 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS COUNTY UNTIL 600

AM CDT...



AT 157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. A RAIN GAGE IN CHARITON REPORTED NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE 

1 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE COUNTY SINCE LAST EVENING...WITH SLIGHTLY MORE 

ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTION...NEAR LUCAS.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT THE WARNED AREA BY 3 AM...BUT LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE OF MORE HOURS. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TOWARD MORNING IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



WATER FROM THE WHITE BREAST CREEK WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 

BE FLOWING INTO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 34 AND 65 IN LUCAS LATE 

LAST EVENING. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SINCE THEN HAS LIKELY 

CONTRIBUTED TO ADDITIONAL RISES OF WATER IN THIS AREA AND PROBABLY 

OTHER AREAS OF LUCAS 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 4090 9356 4091 9310 4116 9310 4116 9356



$$



MOYER

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