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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

947 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



IAC069-091-151-197-220730-

POCAHONTAS IA-WRIGHT IA-FRANKLIN IA-HUMBOLDT IA-

947 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



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

HUMBOLDT...FRANKLIN...WRIGHT AND NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTIES...



AT 944 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED IN HUMBOLDT 

COUNTY WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 3 IN GILMORE CITY. 

OTHER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE REPORTING NO FLOODING AT THIS TIME 

THOUGH HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN THE POCAHONTAS...WRIGHT AND 

FRANKLIN COUNTIES.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELMOND

AND HAMPTON



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 4289 9486 4289 9303 4259 9306 4265 9390

      4266 9490

TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 269DEG 35KT 4277 9381



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