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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

429 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



IAC049-077-153-230230-

POLK IA-GUTHRIE IA-DALLAS IA-

429 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR

DALLAS...GUTHRIE AND WESTERN POLK COUNTIES...



AT 427 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

BEING CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND WASHOUTS.  HIGHWAY 141 HAS BEEN 

ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WITH MANY LOCATIONS HAVING FLOODED WEST OF 

GRANGER AND SOUTH.  IN GUTHRIE COUNTY NORTH OF YALE HIGHWAY 4 HAS 

ONLY ONE LANE PASSABLE AT THIS TIME.  IN DALLAS COUNTY NUMEROUS 

CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PANORA AND

POLK CITY



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY

EVENING FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4184 9471 4183 9368 4154 9367 4154 9468



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