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WGUS73 KDMX 192344

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

641 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



IAC033-200345-

CERRO GORDO IA-

641 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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

CERRO GORDO COUNTY...



AT 633 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

AND CLEAR LAKE



STANDING WATER IN EXCESS OF THREE FEET WAS REPORTED AT 557 PM CDT 

NEAR HIGHWAY 122 AND EISENHOWER ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF MASON CITY. 

NUMEROUS DITCHES ARE TO BANKFULL. THE CITY OF CLEAR LAKE ALSO 

REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED BETWEEN 5 PM CDT AND 530 PM CDT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4325 9350 4325 9335 4325 9334 4325 9333

      4326 9303 4291 9302 4292 9349 4300 9350

TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 180DEG 0KT 4309 9327



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 192344

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

641 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



IAC033-200345-

CERRO GORDO IA-

641 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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

CERRO GORDO COUNTY...



AT 633 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

AND CLEAR LAKE



STANDING WATER IN EXCESS OF THREE FEET WAS REPORTED AT 557 PM CDT 

NEAR HIGHWAY 122 AND EISENHOWER ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF MASON CITY. 

NUMEROUS DITCHES ARE TO BANKFULL. THE CITY OF CLEAR LAKE ALSO 

REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED BETWEEN 5 PM CDT AND 530 PM CDT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4325 9350 4325 9335 4325 9334 4325 9333

      4326 9303 4291 9302 4292 9349 4300 9350

TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 180DEG 0KT 4309 9327



$$



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