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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1107 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



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CASS IA-

1107 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



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

COUNTY...



AT 1103 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAINS AND POTENTIALLY FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

MARNE...ANITA AND ATLANTIC.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH PER HOUR OR MORE MAY 

CONTINUE IN THE WARNED AREA INTO IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT OVER 3 

INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST SIX HOURS WITH THE 

HIGHEST AMOUNTS IMPACTING THE TURKEY AND TROUBLESOME CREEK 

BASINS...AS WELL AS OTHER EAST NISHNABOTA RIVER TRIBUTARIES.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4151 9471 4129 9471 4117 9516 4150 9516

TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 180DEG 0KT 4141 9481



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