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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1210 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



IAC187-221000-

WEBSTER IA-

1210 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR 

SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 1208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED.



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

MOORLAND...LEHIGH...DUNCOMBE AND CALLENDER.



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 4248 9442 4249 9397 4247 9396 4224 9397

      4225 9439

TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 180DEG 0KT 4229 9421



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