

000 

WGUS73 KDMX 150201

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

900 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-

900 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN CASS COUNTY...WHILE 

LIGHTER RAIN WAS FALLING FARTHER WEST. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 83 EAST OF WIOTA STILL HAD WATER 

COVERING THE ROAD. A TRAINED SPOTTER IN ANITA REPORTED A FOOT OF 

WATER IN HIS BASEMENT AROUND 815 PM. WITH MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN EXPECTED TO IMPACT CASS COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 AM.



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 0155Z 180DEG 0KT 4141 9481



$$



MOYER

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 150201

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

900 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-

900 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN CASS COUNTY...WHILE 

LIGHTER RAIN WAS FALLING FARTHER WEST. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 83 EAST OF WIOTA STILL HAD WATER 

COVERING THE ROAD. A TRAINED SPOTTER IN ANITA REPORTED A FOOT OF 

WATER IN HIS BASEMENT AROUND 815 PM. WITH MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN EXPECTED TO IMPACT CASS COUNTY THROUGH 1 AM...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 AM.



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 0155Z 180DEG 0KT 4141 9481



$$



MOYER

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