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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1111 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



IAC015-025-073-091-151-187-201915-

POCAHONTAS IA-WEBSTER IA-CALHOUN IA-GREENE IA-BOONE IA-HUMBOLDT IA-

1111 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT...NORTHERN BOONE...NORTHERN GREENE...CALHOUN...

WEBSTER AND SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTIES...



AT 1102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BADGER... 

FORT DODGE AND CALENDER.  PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 169 CONTINUES TO BE 

CLOSED NORTH OF BOXHOLM. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...ALTHOUGH THE STORMS ARE WEAKENING. 



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 4270 9397 4221 9394 4219 9388 4221 9371

      4200 9371 4223 9478 4268 9483

TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 180DEG 0KT 4240 9464



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