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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1017 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC039-053-240815-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

1017 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 

THE COUNTY IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH 

OR MORE IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURN



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4079 9401 4098 9402 4102 9402 4103 9358

      4083 9356 4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1017 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC039-053-240815-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

1017 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 

THE COUNTY IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH 

OR MORE IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURN



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4079 9401 4098 9402 4102 9402 4103 9358

      4083 9356 4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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