Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
435 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 1994

AT 425 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM WEST CENTRAL
INTO CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA 20 MILES WIDE FROM IDA
GROVE...40 MILES EAST OF SIOUX CITY...TO STORY CITY...40 MILES NORTH OF
DES MOINES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN LAKE VIEW AND LAKE
CITY...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...
AND GUSTY WINDS.

MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO ITS RECENT
DEVELOPMENT.

BAILEY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
605 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 1994

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A GROUP OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN
FORT DODGE AND JEFFERSON...OR 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE BETWEEN FORT DODGE AND JEFFERSON AND MOVE
INTO THE BOONE AND WEBSTER CITY AREAS BY 700 PM.  ALTHOUGH THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH AND ONE HALF OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST GREEN COUNTY BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND LAKE
CITY.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL SHOULD PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON AREA
ROADS.

MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAYS 20...30 AND 169 IN BOONE AND FORT DODGE AREA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN.  YOU SHOULD REDUCE YOUR SPEED.
REMEMBER...WET ROADS MAY BE SLICK DUE TO OIL ON THE ROAD SURFACES SINCE
IT HAS BEEN DRY RECENTLY BEFORE THIS AFTERNOONS RAINFALL.

JOHNSON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
605 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 1994

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A GROUP OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN
FORT DODGE AND JEFFERSON...OR 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE BETWEEN FORT DODGE AND JEFFERSON AND MOVE
INTO THE BOONE AND WEBSTER CITY AREAS BY 700 PM.  ALTHOUGH THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH AND ONE HALF OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHWEST GREEN COUNTY BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND LAKE
CITY.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL SHOULD PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON AREA
ROADS.

MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAYS 20...30 AND 169 IN BOONE AND FORT DODGE AREA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN.  YOU SHOULD REDUCE YOUR SPEED.
REMEMBER...WET ROADS MAY BE SLICK DUE TO OIL ON THE ROAD SURFACES SINCE
IT HAS BEEN DRY RECENTLY BEFORE THIS AFTERNOONS RAINFALL.
B
JOHNSON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
735 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 1994

AT 725 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED FROM WEST CENTRAL THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND
INTO EAST CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA 60 MILES WIDE FROM
MANILLA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS...TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF
WATERLOO. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WAS OVER THE TOWN OF MANNING...60
MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
PEA SIZED HAIL.

MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

BAILEY