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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

546 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



IAC033-200345-

CERRO GORDO IA-

546 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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

CERRO GORDO COUNTY...



AT 519 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS THAT FLOODING WAS 

OCCURRING IN CLEAR LAKE AND STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE 

MASON CITY AREA. IN CLEAR LAKE...NORTH SHORE DRIVE AT THE 2700 BLOCK 

WAS FLOODED AND WATER WAS THREE FEET DEEP NEAR THE INTERSTATE 

OVERPASS ON MAIN STREET IN CLEAR LAKE. MANY INTERSECTIONS IN CLEAR 

LAKE WERE ALSO REPORTED FLOODED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MASON CITY

AND CLEAR LAKE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 9350 4325 9335 4325 9334 4325 9333

      4326 9303 4291 9302 4292 9349 4300 9350

TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 180DEG 0KT 4309 9327



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