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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1124 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



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ADAIR IA-GUTHRIE IA-

1124 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 1120 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 STUART AND 

ADAIR.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES 

SHOWED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN NORTHWEST ADAIR COUNTY AND FAR 

SOUTHWEST GUTHRIE COUNTY WHERE 3.70 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN FELL IN 

MANY AREAS.  LOCALIZED AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN WELL OVER 4 INCHES WITH 

4.75 INCHES REPORTED TODAY BY A TRAINED SPOTTER IN ADAIR AROUND 1100 

PM.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN IN THE WEST FORK MIDDLE 

NODAWAY RIVER AND TURKEY CREEK BASINS.  



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.



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 0424Z 180DEG 0KT 4144 9451



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