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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1217 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC039-053-240815-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

1217 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

SOUTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 1213 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CROSSING THE WARNED AREA 

FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY IN THE PAST FOUR HOURS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 



AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS A CAR STRANDED 1 MILE SOUTH OF MURRAY DUE TO 

HIGH WATER OVER COUNTY ROADS. THEY ALSO REPORT SEVERAL INCHES OF 

WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 69 SOUTH OF OSCEOLA...WITH CARS STRANDED 

IN OSCEOLA. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.



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.



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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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

      4083 9356 4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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