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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1145 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007



IAC025-187-050800-

WEBSTER IA-CALHOUN IA-

1145 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

CALHOUN AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...



AT 1142 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER 

HIGHWAY 20 IN ROCKWELL CITY IN CALHOUN COUNTY AND FLOODING PROBLEMS 

IN THE CITY OF POMEROY ALSO IN CALHOUN COUNTY.  IN WEBSTER COUNTY 

STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN FORT DODGE.  RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES OR MORE WAS INDICATED BY RAIN GAGES IN THE COUNTIES AND RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 1115 PM CDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT DODGE



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4253 9488 4253 9447 4263 9437 4262 9402

      4225 9398 4226 9483

TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 180DEG 0KT 4243 9463



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