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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

528 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC051-179-241415-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

528 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



AT 517 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

ELDON.



AT 430 AM...WAPELLO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED RURAL ROADS 

FLOODED AROUND ELDON IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. IN DAVIS 

COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT EARLIER REPORTED GRAVEL ROAD WASHOUTS AND 

ROAD SHOULDER WASHOUTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND PERIODS OF 

HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES THROUGH MID MORNING.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4078 9263 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218

TIME...MOT...LOC 1022Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



$$

KINNEY

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 241028

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

528 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC051-179-241415-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

528 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



AT 517 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

ELDON.



AT 430 AM...WAPELLO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED RURAL ROADS 

FLOODED AROUND ELDON IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY. IN DAVIS 

COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT EARLIER REPORTED GRAVEL ROAD WASHOUTS AND 

ROAD SHOULDER WASHOUTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND PERIODS OF 

HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES THROUGH MID MORNING.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4078 9263 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218

TIME...MOT...LOC 1022Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



$$

KINNEY

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