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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

919 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



IAC189-195-220730-

WORTH IA-WINNEBAGO IA-

919 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL WINNEBAGO AND CENTRAL WORTH COUNTIES...



AT 914 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WORTH COUNTY

REPORTED A CREEK IN TOWN OF NORTHWOOD IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND 

FLOODING. STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN MANLY.  IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGERS OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 9 IN THOMPSON.

IN LAKE MILLS STREET BEING CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT SOUTH 10TH AND 

NORTH MILLS 100 BLOCK.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING

FOR NORTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4343 9396 4346 9308 4328 9306 4328 9394

TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 267DEG 47KT 4339 9288



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