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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

829 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC125-240139-

MARION IA-

829 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL MARION

COUNTY...



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4123 9287 4140 9287 4140 9285 4149 9278

      4148 9244 4125 9243 4125 9244 4118 9243

TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 180DEG 0KT 4130 9279



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IAC123-240645-

MAHASKA IA-

829 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

MAHASKA COUNTY...



AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES BETWEEN TWO 

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE COUNTY...WITH MORE 

MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY 845 PM CDT TO 

10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW SHARON



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT WATER IS PROHIBITING TRAFFIC 

FROM OSKALOOSA AND ADVISES NO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY 

...REPEAT...TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS NOT ADVISED. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4123 9287 4140 9287 4140 9285 4149 9278

      4148 9244 4125 9243 4125 9244 4118 9243

TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 180DEG 0KT 4130 9279



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