

000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240337

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1035 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC051-179-240830-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

1035 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



AT 1032 PM CDT...TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE

OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE 

EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTTUMWA AND

ELDON



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.



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 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218 4078 9263

TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



$$



VACHALEK



000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240337

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1035 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC051-179-240830-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

1035 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



AT 1032 PM CDT...TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE

OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE 

EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTTUMWA AND

ELDON



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.



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 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218 4078 9263

TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



$$



VACHALEK

