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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

529 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



IAC017-190345-

BREMER IA-

529 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR

BREMER COUNTY...



AT 527 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR TRIPOLI...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF NEW HAMPTON...

MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUMNER



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 1000 PM CDT

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4289 9252 4286 9209 4265 9213 4268 9246

TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 306DEG 25KT 4279 9235



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