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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1055 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC063-109-201800-

KOSSUTH IA-EMMET IA-

1055 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR EMMET

AND NORTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTIES...



AT 1054 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER...WATER IN 

BASEMENTS AND PREPARING TO SANDBAG NEAR THE ARMSTRONG AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ESTHERVILLE 

ARMSTRONG...SWEA CITY...BURT AND BANCROFT.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4349 9488 4350 9400 4327 9399 4329 9486

TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 180DEG 0KT 4332 9463



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WGUS73 KDMX 201559

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1055 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC063-109-201800-

KOSSUTH IA-EMMET IA-

1055 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR EMMET

AND NORTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTIES...



AT 1054 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER...WATER IN 

BASEMENTS AND PREPARING TO SANDBAG NEAR THE ARMSTRONG AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ESTHERVILLE 

ARMSTRONG...SWEA CITY...BURT AND BANCROFT.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4349 9488 4350 9400 4327 9399 4329 9486

TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 180DEG 0KT 4332 9463



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