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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 943 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008
FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WORTH COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
AT 940 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT NUMEROUS COUNTY AND STATE
ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS
FLOODING WAS A RESULT OF RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OVER SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN
MISSOURI...WHICH CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA 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.
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4057 9424 4048 9424 4047 9423 4045 9422
4039 9423 4039 9456 4058 9457
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