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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

307 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008



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

307 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 305 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA FROM 

HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE NIGHT.



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 HAZARDOUS SITUATION ACROSS THE 

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

CARS STALLED IN ROADWAYS. 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 AT THE DES 

MOINES AIRPORT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLY RECEIVED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...THE

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A 

DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION 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.



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 0807Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9352



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