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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

445 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC187-201045-

WEBSTER IA-

445 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



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

WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 442 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THE DES MOINES RIVER OUT OF ITS 

BANKS IN FORT DOIDGE AN FLOODING SOME LOCAL TRAILS. IN ADDITION 

NUMEROUS ROADS WERE UNDER WATERI FORT DODGE. 



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT THE LIZARD CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS AND FLOODING A FEW ROADS NEAR BARNUM AND THAT HIGHWAY 169 AND 

HIGHWAY 20 INTERSECTION REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE    

ROAD. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. 



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4265 9444 4264 9398 4246 9398 4247 9393

      4221 9394 4220 9441 4242 9442 4247 9441

      4248 9445

TIME...MOT...LOC 0945Z 180DEG 0KT 4246 9418



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