Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 19, 1990, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 1990, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Madison County, IA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
704 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
          ...MADISON...MARION...WARREN
 
AT 7 PM...WEATHER RADAR IN DES MOINES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF DES MOINES. THESE STORMS WERE FORMING AN
EAST-WEST LINE...FROM WESTERN MADISON COUNTY...ACROSS WARREN
COUNTY...INTO MARION COUNTY.
 
EACH OF THE STORMS IN THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR...SO SEVERAL STORMS WILL PASS OVER THE SAME AREA.  THE REPEAT
EFFECT OF THE HEAVY RAINS FROM EACH STORM WILL PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLASH FLOODING IN THESE WATER-LOGGED COUNTIES.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
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.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
TRUETT/FORSTER/MAY

Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.