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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

713 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



IAC047-290515-

CRAWFORD IA-

713 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



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

CRAWFORD COUNTY...



AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VAIL...

SCHLESWIG AND DELOIT.



RAINFALL OF MORE THAN THREE INCHES WAS INDICATED IN THE OTTER CREEK 

AREA AND CAUTION SHOULD BE USED IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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 4219 9555 4219 9512 4191 9515 4192 9559

TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 180DEG 0KT 4203 9547



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