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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

337 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-051-241345-

APPANOOSE IA-DAVIS IA-

337 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN DAVIS AND SOUTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



AT 332 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN 

BLOOMFIELD WITH MANY CITY STREETS FLOODED...UP TO A FOOT DEEP...A 

STORAGE SHED IS FLOATING OFF ITS FOUNDATION...AND ONE BACKYARD IS 

REPORTED FLOODED TO THE TOP OF THE FENCE. BLOOMFIELD HAS RECEIVED 

OVER 3.45 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IS ESTIMATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF APPANOOSE AND 

DAVIS COUNTIES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTERVILLE

AND BLOOMFIELD



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 4059 9310 4073 9310 4080 9219 4060 9219

      4058 9309

TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 180DEG 0KT 4068 9288



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 240841

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

337 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-051-241345-

APPANOOSE IA-DAVIS IA-

337 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN DAVIS AND SOUTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



AT 332 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN 

BLOOMFIELD WITH MANY CITY STREETS FLOODED...UP TO A FOOT DEEP...A 

STORAGE SHED IS FLOATING OFF ITS FOUNDATION...AND ONE BACKYARD IS 

REPORTED FLOODED TO THE TOP OF THE FENCE. BLOOMFIELD HAS RECEIVED 

OVER 3.45 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IS ESTIMATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF APPANOOSE AND 

DAVIS COUNTIES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTERVILLE

AND BLOOMFIELD



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 4059 9310 4073 9310 4080 9219 4060 9219

      4058 9309

TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 180DEG 0KT 4068 9288



$$



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