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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

250 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC123-241130-

MAHASKA IA-

250 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL MAHASKA COUNTY...



AT 245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ONCE AGAIN MOVING THROUGH THE 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MAHASKA COUNTY REPORTS MANY SECONDARY ROADS 

ARE IMPASSABLE...DITCHES FULL AND OVERFLOWING...AND MANY ROADS ARE 

NOW BEING BARRICADED. IN ADDITION MUCHAKINOCK CREEK IS EXPECTED TO 

RISE AND FLOOD PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 92 WEST OF OSKALOOSA TOWARD 

KNOXVILLE IN MARION COUNTY. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT THAT WATER HAS BEEN 

PROHIBITING TRAFFIC FROM OSKALOOSA AND ADVISES NO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT 

THE COUNTY...REPEAT...TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS NOT ADVISED. 

PLEASE DO NOT TRAVEL AND STAY OFF COUNTY ROADS THROUGH THE NIGHT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OSKALOOSA



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 4123 9288 4127 9287 4128 9287 4131 9287

      4139 9287 4139 9261 4123 9260

TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 180DEG 0KT 4128 9285



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240753

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

250 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC123-241130-

MAHASKA IA-

250 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL MAHASKA COUNTY...



AT 245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ONCE AGAIN MOVING THROUGH THE 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MAHASKA COUNTY REPORTS MANY SECONDARY ROADS 

ARE IMPASSABLE...DITCHES FULL AND OVERFLOWING...AND MANY ROADS ARE 

NOW BEING BARRICADED. IN ADDITION MUCHAKINOCK CREEK IS EXPECTED TO 

RISE AND FLOOD PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 92 WEST OF OSKALOOSA TOWARD 

KNOXVILLE IN MARION COUNTY. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT THAT WATER HAS BEEN 

PROHIBITING TRAFFIC FROM OSKALOOSA AND ADVISES NO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT 

THE COUNTY...REPEAT...TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS NOT ADVISED. 

PLEASE DO NOT TRAVEL AND STAY OFF COUNTY ROADS THROUGH THE NIGHT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OSKALOOSA



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 4123 9288 4127 9287 4128 9287 4131 9287

      4139 9287 4139 9261 4123 9260

TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 180DEG 0KT 4128 9285



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