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WGUS73 KDMX 220452

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1151 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



IAC069-091-151-197-220730-

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

1151 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



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

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



AT 1147 PM CDT...RAIN HAS DIMINISHED HOWEVER A SECOND ROUND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTIES 

AND PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AGAIN.



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 0451Z 269DEG 35KT 4279 9217



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