Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 11, 2004, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kossuth County, IA

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WGUS53 KDMX 112314
FFWDMX
IAC109-120215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
614 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM

* AT 607 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN 
KOSSUTH COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL WILL 
SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 
730 PM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH 
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* KOSSUTH COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY 9 NEAR 
SWEA CITY. WATER HAD REACHED THE CENTER LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 169 
NEAR BURT. 

WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
ALGONA...BANCROFT...BURT...FENTON...LAKOTA...LEDYARD...LONE 
ROCK...SWEA CITY...TITONKA AND WESLEY

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 4350 9395 4294 9399 4293 9442 4332 9444
          4347 9424

$$

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WGUS73 KDMX 120021
FFSDMX
IAC109-120215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
720 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KOSSUTH COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM...

AT 715 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING HAD BEGUN TO 
SUBSIDE ACROSS THE COUNTY. WATER HAD BACKED DOWN TO THE SHOULDER 
ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 169 NEAR BURT AND ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 9 NEAR SWEA 
CITY. WATER STILL COVERED ROADS NEAR PLUM CREEK NEAR WESLEY AND ON 
COUNTY ROADS NEAR SWEA CITY. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL HAD EXITED THE COUNTY. RUNOFF AND PONDING OF WATER IS STILL 
LIKELY THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM.

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 4345 9397 4292 9398 4292 9445 4340 9446

$$
GRAMS

000 
WGUS73 KDMX 120124
FFSDMX
IAC109-120215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
824 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR KOSSUTH COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 820 PM...NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OVER 
THE PAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT THE FLOODING EARLIER 
THIS EVENING HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. THE KOSSUTH 
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT WATER LEVELS HAD RECEDED OVER 
MOST OF THE WATER-COVERED ROADS IN THE COUNTY. 

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

LAT...LON 4345 9397 4292 9398 4292 9445 4340 9446

$$

GRAMS

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