

000 

WGUS73 KDMX 150101

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

801 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



IAC029-150600-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071015T0600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CASS IA-

801 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CASS

COUNTY...



AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS CASS COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 

THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 83 EAST OF WIOTA WERE UNDER WATER. AN 

AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE IN ANITA HAS REPORTED EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH OF 

RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. MORE HEAVY RAIN WAS POISED TO MOVE ACROSS 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN CASS COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MARNE...ANITA...CUMBERLAND...GRISWOLD AND ATLANTIC.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4151 9471 4129 9471 4117 9516 4150 9516

TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 180DEG 0KT 4141 9481



$$



MOYER

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 150101

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

801 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



IAC029-150600-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071015T0600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CASS IA-

801 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CASS

COUNTY...



AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS CASS COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 

THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 83 EAST OF WIOTA WERE UNDER WATER. AN 

AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE IN ANITA HAS REPORTED EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH OF 

RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. MORE HEAVY RAIN WAS POISED TO MOVE ACROSS 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN CASS COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MARNE...ANITA...CUMBERLAND...GRISWOLD AND ATLANTIC.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4151 9471 4129 9471 4117 9516 4150 9516

TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 180DEG 0KT 4141 9481



$$



MOYER

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