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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

912 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



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CALHOUN IA-

912 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



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

CALHOUN COUNTY...



AT 910 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

STREET FLOODING IN ROCKWELL CITY...WITH NUMEROUS STRANDED VEHICLES.  

SOME HOMES HAVE BEEN INUNDATED BY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS 

EVENING...WITH SEVERAL BASEMENTS FLOODED.



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...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE 

THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 180DEG 0KT 4226 9494



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