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WGUS73 KDMX 240726

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

224 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC051-179-240830-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

224 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 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.  BLOOMFIELD HAS RECEIVED 1.91 

INCHES OF RAINFALL AT 225 AM CDT. 



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...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.



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 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 0724Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240726

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

224 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC051-179-240830-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

224 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 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.  BLOOMFIELD HAS RECEIVED 1.91 

INCHES OF RAINFALL AT 225 AM CDT. 



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...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.



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 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 0724Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



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