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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1133 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-

1133 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



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

UNION AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRESTON AND 

MOUNT AYR.



AT 1128 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A BRIDGE 

WASHED OUT ON 210 AVE WEST OF P54 AS WELL AS NUMEROUS GRAVEL ROADS 

UNDERWATER ACROSS THE COUNTY. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AROUND SUN VALLEY LAKE.



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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