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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1020 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



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ADAIR IA-GUTHRIE IA-

1020 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN GUTHRIE AND NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTIES...



AT 1010 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS SOUTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY AND FAR NORTHWEST ADAIR 

COUNTY. THESE ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE HIGHWAY G30 FROM ADAIR WEST TO 

HIGHWAY 148...HIGHWAY 925 OR WHITE POLE ROAD WEST OF CASEY...330TH 

AND DOGWOOD NORTHWEST OF ADAIR AND 280TH AND QUAIL ROAD BETWEEN 

MENLO AND GUTHRIE CENTER. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND A 

HALF AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

SINCE 6 PM. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH RATES IN EXCESS OF 

ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

STUART...ADAIR...CASEY...MENLO.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4165 9429 4162 9430 4160 9429 4160 9425

      4138 9425 4129 9471 4149 9471 4157 9470

TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 180DEG 0KT 4144 9451



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