Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

May 8, 2005, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pocahontas County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KDMX 082235
FFWDMX
IAC151-090230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
534 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA.

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.    
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE 
LAST HOUR AND HAS CAUSED STOME STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF ROLFE 
IN EASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY

* 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...LAURENS...POCAHONTAS...FONDA...HAVELOCK...PALMER...
  PLOVER...POCAHONTAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ROLFE AND VARINA.


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 4290 9447 4257 9446 4258 9491 4291 9491

$$

BAKER

000 
WGUS73 KDMX 090004
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
701 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

IAC151-090230-
POCAHONTAS IA-
703 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR POCAHONTAS COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM
CDT...

AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD 3 TO 4 INCH RAINS HAVE FALLEN 
ACROSS POCAHONTAS COUNTY WITH THESE STORMS.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...LAURENS...POCAHONTAS...FONDA...HAVELOCK...PALMER...
PLOVER...POCAHONTAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ROLFE AND VARINA.

WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS THE TOWN OF POCAHONTAS 
WITH MANY STORM DRAINS OVERFLOWING

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

$$

BAKER

000 
WGUS73 KDMX 090046
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
747 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

IAC151-090057-
POCAHONTAS IA-
747 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR POCAHONTAS COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

$$

FILLBACH

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