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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

945 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC123-240645-

MAHASKA IA-

945 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



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

MAHASKA COUNTY...



AT 940 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MAHASKA COUNTY REPORTS MANY SECONDARY ROADS 

ARE IMPASSABLE...DITCHES FULL AND OVERFLOWING...AND MANY ROADS ARE 

NOW BEING BARRICADED. IN ADDITION MUCHAKINOCK CREEK IS EXPECTED TO 

RISE AND FLOOD PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 92 WEST OF OSKALOOSA TOWARD 

KNOXVILLE IN MARION COUNTY. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT THAT WATER HAS BEEN 

PROHIBITING TRAFFIC FROM OSKALOOSA AND ADVISES NO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT 

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

PLEASE DO NOT TRAVEL AND STAY OFF COUNTY ROADS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  



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.



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.



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 0245Z 180DEG 0KT 4130 9279



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

945 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC123-240645-

MAHASKA IA-

945 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



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

MAHASKA COUNTY...



AT 940 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MAHASKA COUNTY REPORTS MANY SECONDARY ROADS 

ARE IMPASSABLE...DITCHES FULL AND OVERFLOWING...AND MANY ROADS ARE 

NOW BEING BARRICADED. IN ADDITION MUCHAKINOCK CREEK IS EXPECTED TO 

RISE AND FLOOD PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 92 WEST OF OSKALOOSA TOWARD 

KNOXVILLE IN MARION COUNTY. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT THAT WATER HAS BEEN 

PROHIBITING TRAFFIC FROM OSKALOOSA AND ADVISES NO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT 

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

PLEASE DO NOT TRAVEL AND STAY OFF COUNTY ROADS THROUGH THE NIGHT.  



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.



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.



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 0245Z 180DEG 0KT 4130 9279



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