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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1039 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008



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BOONE IA-POLK IA-DALLAS IA-

1039 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN DALLAS...NORTHWESTERN POLK AND SOUTHERN BOONE

COUNTIES...



AT 1031 PM CDT...ADDITIONAL RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED THROUGH THE WARNED 

AREA...BUT RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINS LIKELY CONTINUES.  VARIOUS 

RAIN GAGES HAVE RECORDED ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN 

NORTHWEST POLK COUNTY FROM JOHNSTON TOWARD THE DALLAS AND BOONE 

COUNTY LINES.



FIVE INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR JESTER PARK VIA LOCAL TELEVISION 

STATIONS...WHILE THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF HAS RELAYED A REPORT OF 

WATER OVER THE ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 17 AT 122ND AVENUE NEAR THE DES 

MOINES RIVER BRIDGE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WOODWARD...POLK CITY...MADRID AND ANKENY.  BEAVER CREEK AND ITS 

ADJACENT TRIBUTARIES MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4164 9390 4200 9416 4200 9375 4193 9370

      4186 9370 4186 9365 4164 9348

TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 180DEG 0KT 4169 9378



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