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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

317 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC025-201115-

CALHOUN IA-

317 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



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

CALHOUN COUNTY...



AT 313 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 7  

EAST OF MANSON...AND MOST OF THE ROADS ON MANSON ARE FLOODED. ALONG 

COUNTY ROAD D26...DITCHES WERE FULL OF WATER EAST OF TWIN LAKE AND 

THE ROAD IS CLOSED. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED AT 330TH AND P21 DUE TO 

WATER OVER THE ROAD. IN ADDITION...OVER 6 INCHES OF WATER HAD FALLEN 

AT ROCKWELL CITY.  



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT LIKELY...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

AS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL PERSIST.  



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 4256 9446 4248 9445 4247 9441 4221 9441

      4221 9485 4247 9486 4248 9491 4256 9491

TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 180DEG 0KT 4236 9471



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WGUS73 KDMX 200826

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

317 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC025-201115-

CALHOUN IA-

317 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



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

CALHOUN COUNTY...



AT 313 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 7  

EAST OF MANSON...AND MOST OF THE ROADS ON MANSON ARE FLOODED. ALONG 

COUNTY ROAD D26...DITCHES WERE FULL OF WATER EAST OF TWIN LAKE AND 

THE ROAD IS CLOSED. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED AT 330TH AND P21 DUE TO 

WATER OVER THE ROAD. IN ADDITION...OVER 6 INCHES OF WATER HAD FALLEN 

AT ROCKWELL CITY.  



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT LIKELY...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

AS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL PERSIST.  



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 4256 9446 4248 9445 4247 9441 4221 9441

      4221 9485 4247 9486 4248 9491 4256 9491

TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 180DEG 0KT 4236 9471



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