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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1149 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



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BOONE IA-STORY IA-POLK IA-DALLAS IA-

1149 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN DALLAS...POLK...STORY AND EASTERN BOONE COUNTIES...



AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



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

STORY CITY...POLK CITY...NEVADA...MADRID...HUXLEY...ANKENY AND AMES



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 100 AM CDT. SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING ACROSS THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOOD 

WATERS. FLASH FLOOD WATERS CAN RISE VERY QUICKLY. 



SEVERAL REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN 

THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG FLEUR DRIVE SOUTH 

OF ARMY POST ROAD AND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 28 AND 5 

ALONG THE SOUTHERN BYPASS. REPORTS OF MANHOLE COVERS HAVE BEEN BLOWN 

OFF WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLOODING ON GRAND AVENUE NEAR 31ST TO 

43RD STREET. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR

WESTERN IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT

FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4186 9325 4186 9335 4160 9336 4160 9333

      4151 9334 4151 9384 4150 9384 4150 9393

      4151 9407 4220 9382 4221 9324 4192 9323

TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9352



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