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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

152 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC015-200845-

BOONE IA-

152 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY...



AT 148 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF BOONE COUNTY REMAIN 

CLOSED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE 

MOVING INTO THE PILOT MOUND AREA THROUGH 230 AM ONCE 

AGAIN...AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING SITUATION. 





LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PILOT MOUND

AND BOXHOLM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE 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.



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 4221 9415 4221 9371 4199 9371 4206 9417

      4221 9417

TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 180DEG 0KT 4215 9414



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