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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1048 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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DECATUR IA-

1048 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR

SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY...



AT 1045 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 GRAND 

RIVER...LAMONI...DAVIS CITY...AND DECATUR CITY.



AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS IN LAMONI HAVE RECORDED AROUND 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT...INCLUDING HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH 

IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES. WITH THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING...ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

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 4057 9402 4090 9402 4058 9356



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