Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 24, 1993, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)

Expired

Jun 24, 1993, 10:16 PM CDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Washington County, IA

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TTAA00 KDSM 250209
FFWDSM
IAC183-250400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
908 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION(S)...
 
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM...FLASH FLOODING HAD CLOSED OLD HIGHWAY 19 NORTH OF AINSWORTH
...45 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS...ALONG THE GOOSE CREEK. THE CREEK WAS
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS BY THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS WASHINGTON
COUNTY AT 905 PM.   ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.
 
 
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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
JOHNSON
 
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In the hours before

IAZALL-250245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
840 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

AT 830 PM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE SOUTH
EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAMONI TO JUST NORTH OF DUBUQUE.  THE
HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND
EXTENDING FROM CEDAR RAPIDS SOUTHEAST TO JUST EAST OF OTTUMWA.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SCOTT

IAZALL-250245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
840 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993

AT 830 PM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE SOUTH
EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAMONI TO JUST NORTH OF DUBUQUE.  THE
HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND
EXTENDING FROM CEDAR RAPIDS SOUTHEAST TO JUST EAST OF OTTUMWA.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SCOTT

Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.