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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1259 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



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CARROLL IA-

1259 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR 

CARROLL COUNTY...



AT 1254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR              

INDICATED  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY CAPABLE OF FLASH     

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARROLL



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4215 9506 4216 9470 4191 9468 4190 9505

TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 180DEG 0KT 4206 9492



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