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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

331 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-117-135-185-240930-

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

331 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 327 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. CORYDON HAS RECEIVED 2.1 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 9 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS 

OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST SIX HOURS. IN APPANOOSE COUNTY...JUST 

SOUTH OF MORAVIA...FOUR FEET OF FLOWING WATER WAS OCCURRING OVER 

HIGHWAY 5. NEAR MYSTIC EARLIER IN THE EVENING...ALONG HIGHWAY 

2...SOME HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED IN CENTERVILLE AND MYSTIC DUE TO 

FLOOD WATERS...AND STREET FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN CENTERVILLE. 

WATER IS NOW FLOWING OVER COUNTY ROAD T14 NORTH OF MYSTIC...HIGHWAY 

2 JUST EAST OF THE CHARITON RIVER IS DOWN TO ONE LANE AND THE SECOND 

LANE IS NEARLY UNDER WATER. 



WALNUT CREEK AT MYSTIC IS REPORTED TO BE RISING RAPIDLY AT MYSTIC...

THOUGH IT HAD NOT YET REACHED BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL UP 

ONE OR MORE INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED 

AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR...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...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 4115 9265 4076 9264 4068 9357 4106 9356

TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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VACHALEK

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240835

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

331 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-117-135-185-240930-

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

331 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 327 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. CORYDON HAS RECEIVED 2.1 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 9 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS 

OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST SIX HOURS. IN APPANOOSE COUNTY...JUST 

SOUTH OF MORAVIA...FOUR FEET OF FLOWING WATER WAS OCCURRING OVER 

HIGHWAY 5. NEAR MYSTIC EARLIER IN THE EVENING...ALONG HIGHWAY 

2...SOME HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED IN CENTERVILLE AND MYSTIC DUE TO 

FLOOD WATERS...AND STREET FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN CENTERVILLE. 

WATER IS NOW FLOWING OVER COUNTY ROAD T14 NORTH OF MYSTIC...HIGHWAY 

2 JUST EAST OF THE CHARITON RIVER IS DOWN TO ONE LANE AND THE SECOND 

LANE IS NEARLY UNDER WATER. 



WALNUT CREEK AT MYSTIC IS REPORTED TO BE RISING RAPIDLY AT MYSTIC...

THOUGH IT HAD NOT YET REACHED BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL UP 

ONE OR MORE INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED 

AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR...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...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 4115 9265 4076 9264 4068 9357 4106 9356

TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



$$



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