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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

244 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC159-175-241245-

RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

244 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR UNION

AND NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



AT 241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA...BUT FLOODING 

CONTINUES OVER THE COUNTY. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

MAY MOVE ACROSS RINGGOLD AND UNION COUNTIES BETWEEN 330 AM CDT AND 

500 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 



RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREAS IN THE PAST SIX 

HOURS. UP TO 4.92 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN AT AFTON IN UNION 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAINFALL MAY FALL WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON



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.



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 4106 9449 4117 9404 4116 9403 4090 9402

      4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240749

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

244 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC159-175-241245-

RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

244 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR UNION

AND NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



AT 241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA...BUT FLOODING 

CONTINUES OVER THE COUNTY. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

MAY MOVE ACROSS RINGGOLD AND UNION COUNTIES BETWEEN 330 AM CDT AND 

500 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 



RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREAS IN THE PAST SIX 

HOURS. UP TO 4.92 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN AT AFTON IN UNION 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAINFALL MAY FALL WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON



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.



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 4106 9449 4117 9404 4116 9403 4090 9402

      4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



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