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WGUS73 KDMX 280322

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

922 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



IAC049-280323-

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/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DALLAS IA-

922 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS

COUNTY...



THE ICE JAM HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA WITH RIVER LEVELS 

BEGINNING TO RECEDE.



LAT...LON 4155 9380 4159 9368 4159 9359 4156 9358

      4154 9368 4152 9376 4152 9380



$$



IAC153-280630-

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/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

POLK IA-

922 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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

SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY...



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 2 FEET ARE 

POSSIBLE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 AREA ALONG THE RACCOON RIVER. THE 

RIVER LEVEL NEAR HIGHWAY 28 HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 33 FT AND 

34 FT THE PAST HOUR...SUGGESTING THAT THE CREST IS IMMINENT IN THIS 

AREA. THE RIVER LEVEL AT FLEUR DRIVE ROSE NEARLY 3 FEET IN LESS THAN 

AN HOUR AS OF 730 PM AND PUSHED OVER ITS MODERATE FLOOD STAGE OF 14 

FT. SO FAR THE RIVER HAS PEAKED AT 14.59 FT AT 8 PM...HOWEVER 

ADDITIONAL RISES ARE STILL POSSIBLE TO NEAR 15 FT THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



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 4155 9380 4159 9368 4159 9359 4156 9358

      4154 9368 4152 9376 4152 9380



$$



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