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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

312 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



IAC125-071300-

MARION IA-

312 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 800

AM CDT...



AT 309 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

THROUGH 230 AM CDT...JUST SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MELCHER-DALLAS TO 

PELLA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE TIME 

BEING...RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF MARION COUNTY. 



AT 3 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 

THE RISING WATER HAD NOT CAUSED ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THROUGH 3 

AM...BUT FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY BEFORE DAY BREAK. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WILL MOVE INTO MARION COUNTY BEFORE SUN RISE...AND SOME 

LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES.



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 4117 9333 4117 9288 4151 9288 4150 9333



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