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WGUS73 KDMX 280155

FFSDMX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

755 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



IAC049-153-280630-

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POLK IA-DALLAS IA-

755 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR

SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES...



AT 745 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

FROM WATER BACKING UP DUE TO AN ICE JAM IN THE GRAYS LAKE AND GEORGE 

FLAG PARKWAY AREAS.  AN ICE JAM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE 

RACCOON RIVER BASIN THIS EVENING.  ADDITIONAL RIVER RISES OF 1 TO 3 

FEET ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 AREA ALONG 

THE RACCOON RIVER AND COULD CAUSE QUICK INUNDATION OF LOW LYING 

AREAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ICE JAM HAS BEGUN TO MOVE INTO THE 

DES MOINES RIVER WITH THE REMAINDER MOVING THROUGH THE RACCOON OVER 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MINIMAL IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED ALONG THE DES 

MOINES RIVER BASIN.



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 4154 9392 4155 9385 4156 9378 4159 9368

      4159 9359 4156 9358 4154 9368 4152 9376

      4151 9385 4151 9393



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