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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1021 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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ADAMS IA-ADAIR IA-

1021 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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

SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR AND ADAMS COUNTIES...



AT 1019 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BRIDGEWATER...PRESCOTT...AND CORNING.



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.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS IN 

ADAMS COUNTY...INCLUDING CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 34 NEAR STRINGTOWN DUE 

TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.



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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