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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

630 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



IAC017-190345-

BREMER IA-

630 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



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

BREMER COUNTY...



AT 625 PM CDT...AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINS WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE 

THROUGH THE AREA AFTER A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE 

AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 

LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY. 



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 100 AM CDT

THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 306DEG 25KT 4254 9188



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