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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

124 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-117-135-185-240930-

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

124 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 121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ENTERING NORTHERN 

APPANOOSE AND WAYNE COUNTIES...HEADING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. 



RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN OF 3 TO NEARLY 7 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. IN APPANOOSE COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF MORAVIA...FOUR 

FEET OF FLOWING WATER WAS REPORTED 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...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.



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 0624Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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VACHALEK

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240631

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

124 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-117-135-185-240930-

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

124 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 121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ENTERING NORTHERN 

APPANOOSE AND WAYNE COUNTIES...HEADING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. 



RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN OF 3 TO NEARLY 7 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. IN APPANOOSE COUNTY...JUST SOUTH OF MORAVIA...FOUR 

FEET OF FLOWING WATER WAS REPORTED 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...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.



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 0624Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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