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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

724 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



IAC069-200530-

FRANKLIN IA-

724 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

FRANKLIN COUNTY...



AT 720 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF HAMPTON AND POSSIBLY SOME COUNTY ROADS AS 

WELL. AT 719 PM CDT...HAMPTON POLICE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WHICH 

OCCURRED AT 700 PM CDT BETWEEN THE 800 AND 900 BLOCK OF FOREST 

AVENUE...OR HIGHWAY 65 NORTH OF THE CITY. UP TO THREE FEET OF 

STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED...BUT IS NOW BEGINNING TO RECEDE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAMPTON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 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 4286 9350 4286 9303 4258 9303 4257 9350

TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 180DEG 0KT 4272 9328



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 200026

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

724 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



IAC069-200530-

FRANKLIN IA-

724 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

FRANKLIN COUNTY...



AT 720 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF HAMPTON AND POSSIBLY SOME COUNTY ROADS AS 

WELL. AT 719 PM CDT...HAMPTON POLICE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WHICH 

OCCURRED AT 700 PM CDT BETWEEN THE 800 AND 900 BLOCK OF FOREST 

AVENUE...OR HIGHWAY 65 NORTH OF THE CITY. UP TO THREE FEET OF 

STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED...BUT IS NOW BEGINNING TO RECEDE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HAMPTON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 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 4286 9350 4286 9303 4258 9303 4257 9350

TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 180DEG 0KT 4272 9328



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