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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

552 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC039-053-241415-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

552 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

SOUTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



CLARKE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER WAS BEGINNING 

TO ENCROACH ONTO THE EDGES OF THE HIGHWAY 69 BRIDGE OVER WHITEBREAST 

CREEK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OSCEOLA. DECATUR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF J20 AND 340TH 

AVENUE IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY OVERNIGHT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...WHICH COULD PROLONG THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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 4079 9401 4102 9402 4103 9358 4083 9356

      4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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KINNEY

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 241052

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

552 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC039-053-241415-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

552 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

SOUTHERN CLARKE AND NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTIES...



CLARKE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER WAS BEGINNING 

TO ENCROACH ONTO THE EDGES OF THE HIGHWAY 69 BRIDGE OVER WHITEBREAST 

CREEK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OSCEOLA. DECATUR COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF J20 AND 340TH 

AVENUE IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY OVERNIGHT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...WHICH COULD PROLONG THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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 4079 9401 4102 9402 4103 9358 4083 9356

      4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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