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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

930 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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ADAMS IA-ADAIR IA-

930 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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

SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR AND ADAMS COUNTIES...



AT 923 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING OVER 

THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BRIDGEWATER...PRESCOTT...AND CORNING.



AN AUTOMATED STATION NEAR FONTANELLE HAS RECORDED OVER FIVE INCHES 

OF RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT...AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY AFFECTING 

THE WARNED AREA WILL PRODUCE OVER ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN 

SOME LOCATIONS.



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.



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 4116 9492 4116 9471 4138 9470 4116 9437

      4116 9448 4091 9448 4090 9465



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