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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

706 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC039-053-241415-

DECATUR IA-CLARKE IA-

706 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 704 AM CDT...CLARKE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

WATER WAS ENCROACHING 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.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURN



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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 1206Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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