

000 

WGUS53 KDMX 120525

FFWDMX

IAC153-121130-

/O.NEW.KDMX.FF.W.0097.080612T0523Z-080612T1130Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1223 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES...



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 1219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA PRODUCING 

  FLASH FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN   

  DES MOINES...POLK CITY...JOHNSTON...BONDURANT AND ANKENY



DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS...DOWNTOWN STREET FLOODING 

IS EXPECTED WITH VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS 

ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO RAPID RISES ALONG FOUR MILE CREEK NEAR EASTON 

BOULEVARD...AND ALONG WALNUT AND BEAVER CREEKS IN THE DES MOINES 

METRO AREA. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4151 9343 4151 9380 4159 9379 4160 9382

      4186 9382 4186 9335 4160 9336 4160 9333

      4149 9333 4149 9340

TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 180DEG 0KT 4167 9358



$$



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000 

WGUS53 KDMX 120525

FFWDMX

IAC153-121130-

/O.NEW.KDMX.FF.W.0097.080612T0523Z-080612T1130Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1223 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES...



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 1219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA PRODUCING 

  FLASH FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN   

  DES MOINES...POLK CITY...JOHNSTON...BONDURANT AND ANKENY



DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITIONS...DOWNTOWN STREET FLOODING 

IS EXPECTED WITH VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS 

ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO RAPID RISES ALONG FOUR MILE CREEK NEAR EASTON 

BOULEVARD...AND ALONG WALNUT AND BEAVER CREEKS IN THE DES MOINES 

METRO AREA. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4151 9343 4151 9380 4159 9379 4160 9382

      4186 9382 4186 9335 4160 9336 4160 9333

      4149 9333 4149 9340

TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 180DEG 0KT 4167 9358



$$



ALBRECHT

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