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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

729 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC051-179-241415-

DAVIS IA-WAPELLO IA-

729 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAPELLO AND NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTIES...



AT 725 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

4 TO 5 STREETS CLOSED IN BLOOMFIELD AND SEVERAL OTHER ROADS CLOSED 

IN THE DAVIS COUNTY WITH WATER RUNNING OVER BRIDGES.  SEVERAL ROADS 

REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS WAYNE COUNTY AS WELL.



RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE NEXT 2 HOURS...HOWEVER 

THE INTENSE RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE EAST.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF INCH.



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

ELDON



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 1229Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



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