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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

205 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC039-053-240815-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

205 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT MODERATE RAIN 

IS FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO 

HOURS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY IN THE PAST FIVE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE. CORYDON HAS RECEIVED 1.54 

INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS A CAR STRANDED 1 MILE SOUTH OF MURRAY DUE TO 

HIGH WATER OVER COUNTY ROADS. THEY ALSO REPORT SEVERAL INCHES OF 

WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 69 SOUTH OF OSCEOLA...WITH CARS STRANDED 

IN OSCEOLA AROUND 1045 PM CDT THURSDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED 

FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURN



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.



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 4079 9401 4098 9402 4102 9402 4103 9358

      4083 9356 4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240710

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

205 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC039-053-240815-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

205 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT MODERATE RAIN 

IS FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO 

HOURS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY IN THE PAST FIVE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE. CORYDON HAS RECEIVED 1.54 

INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



AMATEUR RADIO REPORTS A CAR STRANDED 1 MILE SOUTH OF MURRAY DUE TO 

HIGH WATER OVER COUNTY ROADS. THEY ALSO REPORT SEVERAL INCHES OF 

WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 69 SOUTH OF OSCEOLA...WITH CARS STRANDED 

IN OSCEOLA AROUND 1045 PM CDT THURSDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED 

FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURN



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.



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 4079 9401 4098 9402 4102 9402 4103 9358

      4083 9356 4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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