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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

418 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

418 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR UNION

AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



AT 411 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

CRESTON...ARISPE...ELLSTON...BEACONSFIELD AND TINGLEY.  STREAMS 

AFFECTED INCLUDE SAND CREEK...EAST FORK OF THE GRAND RIVER AND LOTTS 

CREEK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE 

STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 500 AM.



BETWEEN 400 AM AND 415 AM...THE UNION AND RINGGOLD COUNTY SHERIFF 

OFFICES REPORTED PLENTY OF URBAN STREET FLOODING WITH PONDING WATER 

ON ROADS ALONG WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO INTENSE LIGHTNING.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT 

THURSDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4060 9427 4075 9448 4116 9448 4116 9429

      4101 9402 4060 9402



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