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WGUS73 KDMX 060736

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

235 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-

235 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 232 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



FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ACROSS THE 

DES MOINES METRO AREA...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING AND 

CARS STALLED IN ROADWAYS. 6TH AVE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 235...DOWNTOWN 

STREETS INCLUDING GRAND AVE...KEO WAY...AND COURT AVE ALL HAVE WATER 

OVER THE ROADWAY. CARS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODING IN 

DOWNTOWN...WITH DEBRIS FLOATING ON THE OFF RAMP OF KEO WAY AND 

INTERSTATE 235. SOME OF THE WATERS HAVE STARTED TO RECEDE...BUT 

FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN ACROSS THE AREA.



NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MAXWELL IN STORY 

COUNTY...AND MINOR FLOODING IN AMES NEAR SOUTH 16TH STREET AND 

DAYTON AVE. 



NEARLY THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 

HOURS AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 

POSSIBLY RECEIVED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

IS EXPECTED...BUT RUNOFF FROM THESE RAIN WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CREATE A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITATION THROUGHOUT 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 TORNADO WATCH 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 0735Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9352



$$



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 060736

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

235 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-

235 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 232 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



FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ACROSS THE 

DES MOINES METRO AREA...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING AND 

CARS STALLED IN ROADWAYS. 6TH AVE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 235...DOWNTOWN 

STREETS INCLUDING GRAND AVE...KEO WAY...AND COURT AVE ALL HAVE WATER 

OVER THE ROADWAY. CARS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODING IN 

DOWNTOWN...WITH DEBRIS FLOATING ON THE OFF RAMP OF KEO WAY AND 

INTERSTATE 235. SOME OF THE WATERS HAVE STARTED TO RECEDE...BUT 

FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN ACROSS THE AREA.



NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MAXWELL IN STORY 

COUNTY...AND MINOR FLOODING IN AMES NEAR SOUTH 16TH STREET AND 

DAYTON AVE. 



NEARLY THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 

HOURS AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 

POSSIBLY RECEIVED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

IS EXPECTED...BUT RUNOFF FROM THESE RAIN WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CREATE A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITATION THROUGHOUT 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 TORNADO WATCH 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 0735Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9352



$$



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