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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

829 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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ADAMS IA-ADAIR IA-

829 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR AND ADAMS COUNTIES...



AT 827 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BRIDGEWATER...PRESCOTT...AND CORNING.



AT 730 AM CDT...A MEMEBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED OVERNIGHT RAINFALL 

ACCUMULATION OF 5.8 INCHES AND CREEKS OVER THEIR BANKS...AT A FARM 

12 MILES SOUTH OF FONTANELLE. AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS REPORTED 

ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 3 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT NEAR FONTANELLE AND 

CORNING.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT ADAMS...ADAIR...AND SURROUNDING 

COUNTIES...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN 

INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 930 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 4116 9492 4116 9471 4138 9470 4116 9437

      4116 9448 4091 9448 4090 9465



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