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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

452 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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WAYNE IA-

452 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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

COUNTY...



AT 448 AM CDT...THE WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED HIGHWAY 

J22 JUST WEST OF MILLERTON WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  SEVERAL 

OTHER GRAVEL ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN INUNDATED BY HIGH WATER.  5.20 

INCHES OF RAIN WAS ALSO RECORDED THREE MILES SOUTH OF ALLERTON ON 

HIGHWAY S26.



ADDITIONAL RAINS THROUGH AT LEAST 600 AM...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY...WILL 

CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE OR SUSTAIN EXISTING FLOODING.  RAINFALL 

MAY STILL ACCUMULATE WITH RATES UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR THROUGH THAT 

TIME. 



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

ALLERTON...MILLERTON 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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