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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

342 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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MAHASKA IA-

342 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

CENTRAL MAHASKA COUNTY...



AT 336 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 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.



LAT...LON 4123 9288 4127 9287 4128 9287 4131 9287

      4139 9287 4139 9261 4123 9260

TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 180DEG 0KT 4128 9285



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