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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

639 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



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CALHOUN IA-

639 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

CALHOUN COUNTY...



AT 638 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL HAD BEEN 

CONTINUOUS SINCE SHORTLY AFTER 5PM AND HAS FILLED DITCHES AND WAS 

RUNNING OVER THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YETTER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKWELL CITY

AND LAKE CITY



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4250 9446 4225 9442 4222 9485 4243 9486

TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 180DEG 0KT 4226 9494



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