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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 060930

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

423 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-

423 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 421 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS 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 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.



WITH NEARLY 3 TO THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVING FALLEN

ACROSS THE AMES AND DES MOINES METRO AREA...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. 



FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG WALNUT CREEK AT 63RD...WITH A CREST OF 17 

FEET EXPECTED LATER TODAY. FLOODING ALSO CONTINUES ALONG FOUR MILE 

CREEK AT EASTON BOULEVARD. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

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

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 0923Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9352



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 060930

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

423 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-

423 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 421 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS 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 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.



WITH NEARLY 3 TO THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVING FALLEN

ACROSS THE AMES AND DES MOINES METRO AREA...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. 



FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG WALNUT CREEK AT 63RD...WITH A CREST OF 17 

FEET EXPECTED LATER TODAY. FLOODING ALSO CONTINUES ALONG FOUR MILE 

CREEK AT EASTON BOULEVARD. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

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

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 0923Z 180DEG 0KT 4170 9352



$$



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