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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1048 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC159-175-240645-

RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

1048 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



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

AND NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



AT 1044 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT THE RAIN HAS LET UP FOR THE MOMENT...BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO UNION AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES 

FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN IOWA. 



RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREAS IN THE PAST THREE 

HOURS. UP TO 4.7 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN AT AFTON IN UNION 

COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON



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 4106 9449 4117 9403 4090 9402 4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1048 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC159-175-240645-

RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

1048 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



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

AND NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



AT 1044 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT THE RAIN HAS LET UP FOR THE MOMENT...BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO UNION AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES 

FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN IOWA. 



RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREAS IN THE PAST THREE 

HOURS. UP TO 4.7 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN AT AFTON IN UNION 

COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON



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 4106 9449 4117 9403 4090 9402 4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



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