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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

254 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



IAC187-220900-

WEBSTER IA-

254 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



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

NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 252 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROAD 

CLOSURES AND NUMEROUS BASEMENTS FLOODED FROM HEAVY RAINS OF 4 TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN.



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

CLARE AND BADGER.



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.



LAT...LON 4264 9408 4263 9400 4248 9397 4248 9441

      4257 9441 4258 9440 4259 9441 4263 9441

TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 180DEG 0KT 4258 9441



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 220755

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

254 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



IAC187-220900-

WEBSTER IA-

254 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



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

NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY...



AT 252 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROAD 

CLOSURES AND NUMEROUS BASEMENTS FLOODED FROM HEAVY RAINS OF 4 TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN.



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

CLARE AND BADGER.



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.



LAT...LON 4264 9408 4263 9400 4248 9397 4248 9441

      4257 9441 4258 9440 4259 9441 4263 9441

TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 180DEG 0KT 4258 9441



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