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WGUS73 KDMX 200715

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

211 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC197-201115-

WRIGHT IA-

211 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR

WRIGHT COUNTY...



AT 209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLARION AND

BELMOND



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE 

NORTH...AND 2 TO 3 IN THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS.ADDITIONAL 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE AREA AFTER 3 AM AS WELL.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4291 9351 4256 9350 4256 9397 4290 9397

      4291 9397

TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 180DEG 0KT 4269 9370



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