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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1212 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



IAC187-220900-

WEBSTER IA-

1212 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



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

NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 1208 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 20 

UNDERPASS CLOSED AND HIGHWAY 169 CLOSED NORHT OF FORT DODGE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

VINCENT...CLARE AND BADGER AND FORT DODGE.



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 0512Z 180DEG 0KT 4258 9441



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