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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

559 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



IAC049-077-153-230230-

POLK IA-GUTHRIE IA-DALLAS IA-

559 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 556 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING OF A 

NUMBER OF STREETS IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE POLK COUNTY 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POLK CITY AND

PANORA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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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