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WGUS73 KDMX 241216

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

715 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC159-175-241245-

RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

715 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR UNION

AND NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



AT 713 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME 

FLOODING CONTINUED.  IN UNION COUNTY A FEW ROADS WERE STILL COVERED 

WITH WATER.  



RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN 

THE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON



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 4106 9449 4117 9404 4116 9403 4090 9402

      4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 241216

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

715 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC159-175-241245-

RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

715 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR UNION

AND NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



AT 713 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME 

FLOODING CONTINUED.  IN UNION COUNTY A FEW ROADS WERE STILL COVERED 

WITH WATER.  



RAIN WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN 

THE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON



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 4106 9449 4117 9404 4116 9403 4090 9402

      4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



$$

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