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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1029 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



IAC147-181915-

PALO ALTO IA-

1029 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR PALO

ALTO COUNTY...



AT 1028 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SOME 

ROADS IN EMMETSBURG WERE STILL BARRICADED DUE TO FLOODING.  

HOWEVER...WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE RECEDING AND CONDITIONS WERE 

BEGINNING TO IMPROVE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EMMETSBURG.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING HAS CAUSES 

FLOODING MAINLY IN LOW LYING SPOTS AND TOWNS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PALO ALTO COUNTY 

LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED 

TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO REVERSE THE CURRENT RECEDING TRENDS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4325 9492 4325 9471 4318 9446 4291 9445

      4298 9492

TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 180DEG 0KT 4310 9473



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