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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1232 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-117-135-185-240930-

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

1232 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

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



AT 1226 AM 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. 



WALNUT CREEK AT MYSTIC IS REPORTED TO BE RISING RAPIDLY AT MYSTIC...

THOUGH IT HAD NOT YET REACHED BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL UP 

TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA 

IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER WAYNE AND APPANOOSE 

COUNTIES. 



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

ALBIA



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.



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 4115 9265 4076 9264 4068 9357 4106 9356

TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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