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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

757 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-185-241530-

APPANOOSE IA-WAYNE IA-

757 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



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. AN OFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTAL AT RATHBUN 

RESERVOIR WAS 12.34 INCHES.  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.





AT 755 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER 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 4090 9357 4090 9264 4076 9264 4072 9310

      4058 9310 4057 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 1257Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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WGUS73 KDMX 241258

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

757 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



IAC007-185-241530-

APPANOOSE IA-WAYNE IA-

757 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



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

WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



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. AN OFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTAL AT RATHBUN 

RESERVOIR WAS 12.34 INCHES.  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.





AT 755 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER 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 4090 9357 4090 9264 4076 9264 4072 9310

      4058 9310 4057 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 1257Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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