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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

447 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC039-053-241415-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

447 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



AT 415 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA AND THAT HIGHWAYS REMAIN THREATENED BY 

RISING FLOOD WATERS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OSCEOLA AND 

VAN WERT.



IN ADDITION...SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE 

WARNED AREA...WHICH COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OV RAINFALL BEFORE 7 

AM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL CAUSING FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE CLARKE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS 

SEVERAL WASHOUTS ON GRAVEL ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THAT HIGHWAY 

69 STILL REMAINS THREATENED DUE TO RISING WATERS. 



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.



LAT...LON 4079 9401 4102 9402 4103 9358 4083 9356

      4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

447 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC123-241130-

MAHASKA IA-

447 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

CENTRAL MAHASKA COUNTY...



AT 443 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS MAHASKA COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS 

MORNING...IN ADDITION TO THE 3 TO 5 INCHES THAT FELL OVERNIGHT.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MAHASKA COUNTY REPORTED EARLIER THAT MANY 

SECONDARY ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE...DITCHES WERE FULL AND 

OVERFLOWING...AND MANY ROADS WERE BEING BARRICADED. IN ADDITION... 

MUCHAKINOCK CREEK WAS THREATENING TO FLOOD PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 92 

WEST OF OSKALOOSA. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT THAT WATER HAS BEEN 

PROHIBITING TRAFFIC FROM OSKALOOSA AND ADVISES NO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT 

THE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OSKALOOSA.



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.



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

      4139 9287 4139 9261 4123 9260

TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 180DEG 0KT 4128 9285



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