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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

117 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC051-179-240830-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

117 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



AT 112 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS...WITH UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA BY 4 AM CDT. RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAS OCCURRED...WITH POCKETS OF UP TO 5 TO 7 INCHES. THE MOST 

SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR DRAKESVILLE...FLORIS...AND ELDON. 



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.



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 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218 4078 9263

TIME...MOT...LOC 0617Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



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