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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

140 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007



IAC123-090800-

MAHASKA IA-

140 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007



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

MAHASKA COUNTY...



AT 140 AM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF MAHASKA 

COUNTY.  REPORTS FROM THE MAHASKA COUNTY SHERIFF AT AROUND 1100 PM 

INDICATED THAT WATER FROM THE NORTH SKUNK RIVER WAS REPORTED FLOWING 

OVER THE 2200 BLOCK OF 110TH STREET AND WATER WAS OVER THE 2300 

BLOCK OF MERINO ROAD FLOWING OUT OF A FARM FIELD. NUMEROUS VEHICLES 

HAD BEEN STRANDED IN FLOWING OR STANDING WATER. HOWEVER AT 135 AM 

THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 63 WAS NO LONGER 

CLOSED.



RAIN GAGES HAVE REPORTED AROUND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN THE FAR 

EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY EAST OF TRACY...AND 3.75 INCHES IN 

OSKALOOSA.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATED THAT UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN OTHER 

LOCATIONS. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE 

COUNTY OVERNIGHT.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4149 9285 4150 9243 4116 9245 4117 9286

TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 180DEG 0KT 4133 9249



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