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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1104 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



IAC187-220900-

WEBSTER IA-

1104 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 1101 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

IN CLARE AND ROADS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY UNDERWATER 

AND CLOSED.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION AND EXTREME 

CAUTION SHOULD BE USED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

VINCENT...CLARE AND BADGER AND FORT DODGE.



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 4263 9441 4264 9400 4248 9397 4248 9441

TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 180DEG 0KT 4258 9441



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