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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

421 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



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CALHOUN IA-

421 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



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

CALHOUN COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT 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.  



ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS CALHOUN 

COUNTY...DANGEROUS FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

WATER OR AROUND BARRICADES.



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 0921Z 180DEG 0KT 4236 9471



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