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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

144 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC187-201045-

WEBSTER IA-

144 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 140 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A THAT 

HIGHWAY 169 SOUTH OF FORT DODGE WAS IMPASSIBLE. WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING WAS ONGOING AND TRAVEL WAS NOT ADVISED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT DODGE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA FROM STORMS OVER THE AREA NOW...AND MORE STORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CALHOUN COUNTY THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA 

THROUGH 3 AM.  



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 4265 9444 4264 9398 4246 9398 4247 9393

      4221 9394 4220 9441 4242 9442 4247 9441

      4248 9445

TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 180DEG 0KT 4246 9418



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