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WGUS73 KDMX 230400

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1100 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



IAC171-230430-

TAMA IA-

1100 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR TAMA

COUNTY...



AT 1050 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY E 

66 WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE 

RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA WHICH WILL ALLOW THE WATER TO 

GRADUALLY RECEDE LATE THIS EVENING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4226 9274 4225 9236 4189 9234 4190 9272



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 230400

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1100 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



IAC171-230430-

TAMA IA-

1100 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR TAMA

COUNTY...



AT 1050 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY E 

66 WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE 

RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA WHICH WILL ALLOW THE WATER TO 

GRADUALLY RECEDE LATE THIS EVENING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4226 9274 4225 9236 4189 9234 4190 9272



$$



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