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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

139 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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WAYNE IA-

139 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR WAYNE

COUNTY...



AT 137 AM CDT...FLOODING LIKELY CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF WAYNE 

COUNTY.  RECENT CALLS TO THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF INDICATED THAT 

WATER HAD BEEN OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY S26 NEAR HIGHWAY 2...BUT HAS 

SINCE SUBSIDED.  HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING HAD OCCURRED IN 

THE STREETS OF ALLERTON...WELL BEYOND WHAT TYPICALLY OCCURS IN HEAVY 

RAIN.  THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ROAD WASHOUTS OR CLOSURES...BUT 

INFORMATION IN RURAL AREAS IS SCARCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.



A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER 1 MILE WEST OF SEYMOUR REPORT 

FIVE INCHES OF RAIN THURSDAY EVENING.  AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT 

WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN CORYDON HAD RECORDED JUST UNDER 2.50 

INCHES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORYDON...  

ALLERTON AND SEYMOUR.  CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE WEST JACKSON   

CREEK...LOCUST CREEK...WALNUT CREEK...NINE MILE CREEK AND   

TRIBUTARIES OF THE CHARITON RIVER.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4068 9356 4089 9356 4090 9356 4090 9334

      4077 9310 4058 9310 4058 9337



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