FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
530 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014
CRAWFORD IA-CARROLL IA-SAC IA-CALHOUN IA-
530 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
SATURDAY FOR CRAWFORD...CARROLL...SOUTHERN SAC AND SOUTHWESTERN
CALHOUN COUNTIES...

AT 529 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARROLL...DENISON...LAKE CITY...GLIDDEN...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...BLACK
HAWK LAKE...SCHLESWIG...WALL LAKE...DOW CITY...CHARTER OAK...
ARCADIA...BREDA...VAIL...AUBURN...WESTSIDE...KIRON...DELOIT...HALBUR
AND LIDDERDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.