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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1032 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

1032 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

UNION AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



AT 1028 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 CRESTON AND 

MOUNT AYR.



MOST LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECORDING OVER 7 

INCHES. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY IN 

RINGGOLD COUNTY...WHERE OVER AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 

POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.



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 4060 9427 4075 9448 4116 9448 4116 9429

      4101 9402 4060 9402



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