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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

655 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



IAC197-290500-

WRIGHT IA-

655 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

WRIGHT COUNTY...



AT 651 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING AND WATER OVER HIGHWAYS IN AND AROUND EAGLE GROVE.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

EAGLE GROVE...CLARION AND BELMOND.



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 4279 9398 4289 9351 4257 9353 4259 9396

TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 256DEG 17KT 4269 9374



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