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WGUS73 KDMX 240522

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1220 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC051-179-240830-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

1220 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



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

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH UP 

TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 

RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED...WITH 

POCKETS OF UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES. 



AT 1209 AM CDT...SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS WERE FLOODING WITH WATER OVER 

COUNTY ROADS 1 MILE SOUTH OF ELDON REPORTED BY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.



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.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218 4078 9263

TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



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VACHALEK

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240522

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1220 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC051-179-240830-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

1220 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



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

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH UP 

TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. 

RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED...WITH 

POCKETS OF UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES. 



AT 1209 AM CDT...SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS WERE FLOODING WITH WATER OVER 

COUNTY ROADS 1 MILE SOUTH OF ELDON REPORTED BY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.



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.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218 4078 9263

TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



$$



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