Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Aug 11, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 11, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adair County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Madison County, IA

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
545 PM CDT WED AUG 11 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION(S)S...
 
IN CENTRAL IOWA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
 
   ...NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
 
   ...SOUTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE WARNING AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN A ONE HOUR
PERIOD AT ANITA...60 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES. ONE FOOT OF WATER
COVERED HIGHWAY 925 ONE-MILE WEST OF MENLO...40 MILES WEST OF DES
MOINES.
 
SOME SMALL STREAMS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE...BEAR
CREEK...MASON CREEK...AND MIDDLE RIVER.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE WARNING ARE ADAIR...REDFIELD...STUART...AND EARLHAM.
 
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.

In the hours before

IAZALL-112140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
345 PM CDT WED AUG 11 1993

AT 331 PM CDT...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.  THIS 20 TO 30 MILE WIDE BAND
OF STORMS WAS SOUTH OF AS LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS
...NEAR MANDOMIN...TO 45 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...NEAR GUTHRIE
CENTER.  THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WIND.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA FROM MOUNT AYR
AND LAMONI TO CORYDON AND OSCEOLA.

THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
MILLER

IAZALL-112240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
447 PM CDT WED AUG 11 1993

AT 430 PM CDT...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THIS 35 TO 45 MILE WIDE BAND OF STORMS WAS ALONG
A LINE FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS TO 30 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...NEAR STUART.
THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...SCATTEERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA FROM NEAR
CRESTON TO NEAR INDIANOLA TO RATHBUN RESERVOIR.

THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PETERSEN

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.