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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1238 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC159-175-240645-

RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

1238 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

AND NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES AND THIS WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE 

EXTENDED THOUGH THE MORNING HOURS...



AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED 

AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR.



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. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY FALL WITH 

THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



THE UNION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT WATER HAD BEEN OVER 

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS...BUT HAD RECEDED. MOST CREEKS REMAIN OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS...SOME TREES ARE BLOCKING SOME COUNTY ROADS. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TONIGHT. 



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.



LAT...LON 4106 9449 4117 9403 4090 9402 4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240542

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1238 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC159-175-240645-

RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

1238 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

AND NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES AND THIS WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE 

EXTENDED THOUGH THE MORNING HOURS...



AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED 

AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR.



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. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY FALL WITH 

THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



THE UNION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT WATER HAD BEEN OVER 

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS...BUT HAD RECEDED. MOST CREEKS REMAIN OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS...SOME TREES ARE BLOCKING SOME COUNTY ROADS. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TONIGHT. 



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.



LAT...LON 4106 9449 4117 9403 4090 9402 4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



$$



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