Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Des Moines, IA

IAZALL-090245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
850 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND
   WESTERN IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 840 PM CDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM WEST
CENTRAL INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE LOCATED
IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL
BLUFFS...TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES NEAR JEFFERSON...TO FORT
DODGE...TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO NEAR SUMNER.  THESE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS
THAT WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS TO 50 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO NEAR ELKADER.

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

/
KALLMAN

IAZALL-090245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
850 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND
   WESTERN IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 840 PM CDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM WEST
CENTRAL INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE LOCATED
IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL
BLUFFS...TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES NEAR JEFFERSON...TO FORT
DODGE...TO 15 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO NEAR SUMNER.  THESE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS
THAT WERE OCCURRING NORTH OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS TO 50 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO NEAR ELKADER.

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

/
KALLMAN

IAZ006-007-008-009-010-011-016-017-018-019-026-027-028-029-038-
039-040-090315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
905 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST IOWA...

AT 900 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG
WITH WINDS NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM AROUND HAMPTON TO MARBLE ROCK AND SUMNER...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF
WATERLOO AND 25 MILES NORTH.  THIS RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS
AND POSSIBLE LOW LAND FLOODING IN THE CEDAR AND WAPSIPINICON RIVER
BASIN.

TOWNS EFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 910 PM AND 10 PM WILL BE
NEW HAMPTON...NASHUA...FREDERICKSBURG AND ALPHA AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS RAIN SITUATION SHOULD BE WATCHED CLOSELY.  THE GROUND IS
SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY HIGHER THAN NORMAL.  IF DRIVING
TONIGHT DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING STARTS TO OCCUR.  STAY TUNED TO RADIO
...NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND TV FOR LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS AS A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY
63.

RR

IAZ006-007-008-009-010-011-016-017-018-019-026-027-028-029-038-
039-040-090315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
905 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST IOWA...

AT 900 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG
WITH WINDS NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM AROUND HAMPTON TO MARBLE ROCK AND SUMNER...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF
WATERLOO AND 25 MILES NORTH.  THIS RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS
AND POSSIBLE LOW LAND FLOODING IN THE CEDAR AND WAPSIPINICON RIVER
BASIN.

TOWNS EFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 910 PM AND 10 PM WILL BE
NEW HAMPTON...NASHUA...FREDERICKSBURG AND ALPHA AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS RAIN SITUATION SHOULD BE WATCHED CLOSELY.  THE GROUND IS
SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY HIGHER THAN NORMAL.  IF DRIVING
TONIGHT DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING STARTS TO OCCUR.  STAY TUNED TO RADIO
...NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND TV FOR LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS AS A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY
63.

RR

IAZ043>050-056>061-070-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
912 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA WILL REMAIN UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 621 UNTIL 930 PM CDT.  AFTER WHICH...THE COUNTIES WILL
BE UNDER TORNADO WATCH 623 WHICH BEGINS AT 930 PM AND CONTINUES UNTIL
400 AM CDT FRIDAY...JULY 9:

MONONA             CRAWFORD            CARROLL            GREENE
BOONE              STORY               MARSHALL           TAMA
HARRISON           SHELBY              AUDUBON            GUTHRIE
DALLAS             POLK                JASPER
POTTAWATTAMIE      CASS                MILLS

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IAZ043>050-056>061-070-090300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
912 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1993

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA WILL REMAIN UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 621 UNTIL 930 PM CDT.  AFTER WHICH...THE COUNTIES WILL
BE UNDER TORNADO WATCH 623 WHICH BEGINS AT 930 PM AND CONTINUES UNTIL
400 AM CDT FRIDAY...JULY 9:

MONONA             CRAWFORD            CARROLL            GREENE
BOONE              STORY               MARSHALL           TAMA
HARRISON           SHELBY              AUDUBON            GUTHRIE
DALLAS             POLK                JASPER
POTTAWATTAMIE      CASS                MILLS

END/CHB