Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

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WGUS73 KDMX 090247
FFSDMX
IAC153-169-090845-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
943 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR STORY AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL
245 AM...

AT 943 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WINTERSET THROUGH OSCEOLA AND 
LAMONI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH INTO THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL 
LOCAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 11 
PM...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING IN THROUGH 
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  THIS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED URBAN FLASH 
FLOODING IN THE DES MOINES METRO...WITH QUICK RISES ON SMALLER 
CREEKS IN THE AREA. 

FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AVOID WATER
COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF
FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 4153 9378 4152 9337 4187 9336 4220 9324
          4219 9363

KULA

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000 
WGUS73 KDMX 090349
FFSDMX
IAC153-169-090845-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1049 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR STORY AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL
245 AM...

AT 1040 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM DES MOINES INTO WESTERN 
AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH 
TOWARD THE WARNED AREA.  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED 
AND EARLIER RAINS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLASH 
FLOODING.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LOCAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE 
INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS 
CONTINUED. ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED URBAN 
FLOODING...WITH QUICK RISES ON SMALLER CREEKS IN THE AREA. 

FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY 
BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN 
AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 4153 9378 4152 9337 4187 9336 4220 9324
          4219 9363

KULA

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000 
WGUS73 KDMX 090448
FFSDMX
IAC153-169-090845-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1147 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR STORY AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL
245 AM...

AT 1140 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A NARROW 
BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEST DES MOINES TO 
WEST OF WINTERSET.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND 
SHOULD REACH A LINE FROM NEAR MARSHALLTOWN TO SOUTHEASTERN POLK 
COUNTY BY 1245 AM. RAINFALL COULD REACH A HALF INCH IN LESS THAN 30 
MINUTES...CAUSING STREET FLOODING AND SOME RISES IN SMALLER 
STREAMS. 

ONCE THE LINE OF STORMS PASSES THROUGH...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN 
SHOULD BE DIMINISHED AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE 
CANCELLED BY 100 AM. 

FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY 
BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN 
AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 4153 9378 4152 9337 4187 9336 4220 9324
          4219 9363

JUNGBLUTH

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000 
WGUS73 KDMX 090530
FFSDMX
IAC153-169-090545-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1230 AM CDT FRI MAY 9 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR STORY AND POLK 
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE LAST ROUND OF STORMS HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA... 
PRODUCING AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN...THUS THE WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

AT 1225 AM...THE BACK EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 
ZEARING TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES...OR FROM 45 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. NO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS 
EXPECTED TONIGHT AND STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN IN THEIR BANKS.

LAT...LON 4221 9369 4187 9371 4154 9380 4153 9336
          4187 9335 4220 9326

JUNGBLUTH

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