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WGUS73 KDMX 060601

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1259 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



IAC015-049-153-169-061015-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080606T1015Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

1259 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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

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



AT 1254 AM 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 AROUND HALF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 200 AM CDT. SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING 

CONTINUES TO OCCUR ACROSS THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...DO NOT DRIVE 

INTO FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. FLASH FLOOD WATERS CAN RISE VERY QUICKLY. 



WALNUT CREEK AT 63RD STREET CONTINUES TO RISE QUICKLY AND IS 

EXPECTED TO CREST LATER TODAY AT AROUND 17 FEET. 



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. 5 FEET OF WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE 

ROADWAY AT THE INTERCHANGE OF HIGHWAYS 28 AND 5 ALONG THE SOUTHERN 

BYPASS...WITH MULTIPLE CARS STALLED IN THE WATER. REPORTS OF MANHOLE 

COVERS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OFF WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLOODING ON GRAND 

AVENUE NEAR 31ST TO 43RD STREET. 





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 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 0559Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9352



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LEE

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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 060601

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1259 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



IAC015-049-153-169-061015-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-080606T1015Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

1259 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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

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



AT 1254 AM 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 AROUND HALF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 200 AM CDT. SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING 

CONTINUES TO OCCUR ACROSS THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...DO NOT DRIVE 

INTO FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. FLASH FLOOD WATERS CAN RISE VERY QUICKLY. 



WALNUT CREEK AT 63RD STREET CONTINUES TO RISE QUICKLY AND IS 

EXPECTED TO CREST LATER TODAY AT AROUND 17 FEET. 



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. 5 FEET OF WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE 

ROADWAY AT THE INTERCHANGE OF HIGHWAYS 28 AND 5 ALONG THE SOUTHERN 

BYPASS...WITH MULTIPLE CARS STALLED IN THE WATER. REPORTS OF MANHOLE 

COVERS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OFF WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLOODING ON GRAND 

AVENUE NEAR 31ST TO 43RD STREET. 





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 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 0559Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9352



$$



LEE

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