Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Des Moines, IA

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WGUS73 KDMX 170339 CCA
FFSDMX
IAC023-069-075-083-170645-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1036 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WAS ISSUED WITH THE WRONG COUNTY CODES IN 
EFFECT...THIS STATEMENT CORRECTS THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY
COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE GRUNDY AND 
BUTLER COUNTY LINE ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 20. IN ADDITION...AT 930 
PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A BLACK TOP ROAD UNDERWATER AND 
SEVERAL GRAVEL ROADS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER THEM 6 MILES NORTH OF 
WELLSBURG.

PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE 
FALLEN IN THESE AREAS.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE 
AREA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1030 PM. 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING 
AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 
1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH 
FLOODING ALONG THE BEAVER CREEK.

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 4241 9316 4241 9284 4262 9286 4261 9318

$$

RUSSELL

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WGUS73 KDMX 170436
FFSDMX
IAC023-069-075-083-170645-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1125 PM CDT MON AUG 16 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY
COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...

AT 1125 PM CDT... FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY STILL OCCURING ALONG THE 
BEAVER CREEK 21 MILES WEST OF ACKLEY...OR ABOUT 37 MILES EAST OF 
FORT DODGE.  ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WILL TRACK OVER THE AREA AFFECTING 
THE ACKLEY AREA AND BEAVER CREEK...BRINGING YET ANOTHER HALF TO 
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.  

EARLIER REPORTS INCLUDED AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING ALONG THE GRUNDY AND BUTLER COUNTY LINE ALONG OLD HIGHWAY 
20. IN ADDITION...AT 930 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A BLACK TOP 
ROAD UNDERWATER AND SEVERAL GRAVEL ROADS WITH WATER FLOWING OVER 
THEM 6 MILES NORTH OF WELLSBURG.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE AREA...HOWEVER 
RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR AND ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 
INCHES COULD MAKE FLOODING IMPACTS CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT. 

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 4241 9316 4241 9284 4262 9286 4261 9318

$$

RUSSELL

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WGUS73 KDMX 170531
FFSDMX
IAC023-069-075-083-170645-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1230 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY
COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...

AT 1125 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY STILL OCCURING BUT DIMINISHING
ALONG THE BEAVER CREEK 21 MILES WEST OF ACKLEY...OR ABOUT 37 MILES 
EAST OF FORT DODGE. 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA...HOWEVER...ESTIMATED 
RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES COULD MAKE FLOODING IMPACTS CONTINUE PAST 
MIDNIGHT. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS WERE RECEIVED 
EARLIER IN THE EVENING...BUT NO NEW FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED. ANY FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE THROUGH 2 AM. 

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 4241 9316 4241 9284 4262 9286 4261 9318

$$

RUSSELL

000 
WGUS73 KDMX 170658
FFSDMX
IAC023-069-075-083-170715-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
150 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR SOUTHWESTERN 
BUTLER...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND 
NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY COUNTIES...

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY EVENING IN DITCHES...LOW 
SPOTS...AND SMALL CREEKS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. LARGER RIVERS 
IN THE AREA MAY CONTINUE TO SEE SOME LONGER TERM RISES THROUGH 
TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS 
SOUTHWEST HARDEN COUNTY...NO ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS 
EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AREA 
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 4241 9316 4241 9284 4262 9286 4261 9318

$$

JAW