

000 

WGUS73 KDMX 221803

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1257 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



IAC025-161-222230-

SAC IA-CALHOUN IA-

1257 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR

CALHOUN AND SAC COUNTIES...



AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY AND MANSON.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 

THAT STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND THE SCHALLER AREA ARE 

BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE...BUT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A 

THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 



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 4256 9445 4247 9445 4246 9442 4230 9443

      4222 9533 4248 9533 4249 9538 4257 9540

TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 180DEG 0KT 4240 9511



$$



TEACHOUT

