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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

844 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



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APPANOOSE IA-DAVIS IA-MONROE IA-WAPELLO IA-

844 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

WAPELLO...MONROE...DAVIS AND APPANOOSE COUNTIES...



AT 837 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  TWO AND ONE QUARTER 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR ALBIA AND CREEKS WERE OVERTOPPING THEIR 

BANKS.



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

ELDON AND ALBIA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

SUNDAY EVENING FOR IOWA.



LAT...LON 4090 9309 4105 9310 4115 9309 4114 9220

      4062 9222 4059 9292



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