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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1128 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



IAC007-117-135-185-240930-

APPANOOSE IA-WAYNE IA-LUCAS IA-MONROE IA-

1128 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR

MONROE...LUCAS...NORTHERN WAYNE AND NORTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



AT 1126 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN APPANOOSE COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF 

MORAVIA...FOUR FEET OF FLOWING WATER IS OCCURRING OVER HIGHWAY 5. 

NEAR MYSTIC...ALONG HIGHWAY 2...SOME HOMES ARE BEING THREATENED BY 

FLOOD WATERS...AND STREET FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN CENTERVILLE. 



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

ALBIA



PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY AND NORTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY ARE 

STRONGLY URGED TO AVOID TRAVEL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT DUE TO FLASH 

FLOODING CONDITIONS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 



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.



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 4115 9265 4076 9264 4068 9357 4106 9356

TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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