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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

227 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



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

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

227 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 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

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

HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAVING MOVED EAST OUT OF THE AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND AREA RAINFALL GAGES SHOW THAT HOURLY 

RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OCCURRED SINCE 115 AM. RAINFALL 

TOTALS SINCE LAST EVENING ARE GENERALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH AS 

MUCH AS TWO AND A HALF INCHES FROM REDDING TO NORTH OF GRAND 

RIVER...AS WELL AS JUST SOUTH OF LAMONI.



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM...BUT ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TOWARD MORNING. RUNOFF FROM 

THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SOME 

LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

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

OSCEOLA.



AT 145 AM...TAYLOR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT MANY ROADS 

ACROSS THE COUNTY HAD STANDING WATER AND THAT DOWNHILL PORTIONS OF 

ROADS IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD HAD A FEW INCHES OF WATER FLOWING DOWN 

THEM. DECATUR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A COUPLE OF ROADS 

NORTH OF GRAND RIVER...INCLUDING 107TH STREET ARE CLOSED DUE TO 

WASHOUTS.



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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