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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

641 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-185-241530-

APPANOOSE IA-WAYNE IA-

641 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR

WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



AT 630 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS ADVISING NO TRAVEL ON ANY 

HARD TOP OR GRAVEL ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY...EXCEPT FOR 

EMERGENCY VEHICLES. AN ESTIMATED 7 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS WAYNE COUNTY...WHICH HAS WASHED OUT VIRTUALLY ALL GRAVEL 

ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. NUMEROUS BRIDGES ARE UNDER WATER...AND 

TWO PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM THEIR VEHICLES OVERNIGHT. THIS IS A 

VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



IN APPANOOSE COUNTY...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES IN AND AROUND 

MYSTIC.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AND COULD PROLONG THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT THIS 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 4090 9357 4090 9264 4076 9264 4072 9310

      4058 9310 4057 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 1134Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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