Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

May 8, 2004, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 2004, 3:30 AM CDT

In force

129 days

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adair County, IA, Madison County, IA, Winnebago County, IA

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000 
WGUS53 KDMX 090206
FFWDMX
IAC001-121-090700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
901 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
  ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 200 AM

* AT 856 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING SLOWLY 
SOUTH...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 
ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER 
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON AND ADAIR COUNTIES.

AT 903 PM EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM ADAIR TO JUST 
NORTHEAST OF WINTERSET. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF 
HIGHWAY 92. AS THE STORMS SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH...THE FLASH FLOOD 
POTENTIAL WILL SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON AND ADAIR 
COUNTY.

OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
ADAIR...BRIDGEWATER...EARLHAM...EAST PERU...FONTANELLE...
GREENFIELD...GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...MACKSBURG...ORIENT...
PATTERSON...ST. CHARLES...STUART...TRURO...WINTERSET AND WINTERSET
MADISON COUNTY AIRPORT

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 4150 9381 4118 9382 4116 9469 4150 9470

$$

JAW

000 
WGUS53 KDMX 150231
FFWDMX
IAC189-150830-
/X.NEW.KDMX.FF.W.0003.040915T0226Z-040915T0830Z/
/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
926 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.

* AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE    
  THIS MORNING...INCLUDING NEARLY 3 INCHES THIS EVENING OVER THE     
  WARNED AREA. 

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...BUFFALO CENTER...LAKE MILLS...LELAND...RAKE...SCARVILLE
  AND THOMPSON.


EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4349 9352 4326 9352 4327 9395 4349 9396

$$

RUSSELL

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.