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WGUS73 KDMX 081521

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1017 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC015-049-153-169-081830-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-080608T1830Z/

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

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

1017 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR

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



AT 1015 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM 

THE SOUTHWEST.



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

WOODWARD...STORY CITY...POLK CITY...PERRY...OGDEN...NEVADA...

MADRID...JOHNSTON...HUXLEY...DALLAS CENTER...BOONE...BONDURANT...

ANKENY AND AMES



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.



NUMEROUS RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE IN FLOOD AT THIS TIME. THIS IS 

CAUSING SERIOUS FLOODING INCLUDING CLOSED ROADS. 



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4182 9427 4185 9415 4220 9415 4218 9326

      4187 9324 4187 9336 4153 9336 4152 9394

      4153 9424

TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 180DEG 0KT 4166 9405



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000 

WGUS73 KDMX 081521

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1017 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



IAC015-049-153-169-081830-

/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-080608T1830Z/

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

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

1017 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR

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



AT 1015 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM 

THE SOUTHWEST.



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

WOODWARD...STORY CITY...POLK CITY...PERRY...OGDEN...NEVADA...

MADRID...JOHNSTON...HUXLEY...DALLAS CENTER...BOONE...BONDURANT...

ANKENY AND AMES



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.



NUMEROUS RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE IN FLOOD AT THIS TIME. THIS IS 

CAUSING SERIOUS FLOODING INCLUDING CLOSED ROADS. 



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4182 9427 4185 9415 4220 9415 4218 9326

      4187 9324 4187 9336 4153 9336 4152 9394

      4153 9424

TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 180DEG 0KT 4166 9405



$$

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