Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

000 
WGUS73 KDMX 262237
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
537 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

IAC013-270300-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090427T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLACK HAWK IA-
537 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BLACK HAWK COUNTY UNTIL
1000 PM CDT...

AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING THE WARNED 
AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER 
HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ANY EXISTING 
FLOODING...OR RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WATERLOO... 
EVANSDALE AND HUDSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4229 9228 4230 9254 4245 9253 4263 9232
      4263 9209 4254 9208 4249 9208

$$

JAZ

000 
WGUS73 KDMX 270010
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
710 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

IAC013-270300-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090427T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLACK HAWK IA-
710 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BLACK HAWK COUNTY UNTIL
1000 PM CDT...

AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BEFORE THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVES EAST OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ANY 
EXISTING FLOODING...OR RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WATERLOO... 
EVANSDALE AND HUDSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4229 9228 4230 9254 4245 9253 4263 9232
      4263 9209 4254 9208 4249 9208

$$

JAZ

000 
WGUS73 KDMX 270212
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
912 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

IAC013-270300-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090427T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BLACK HAWK IA-
912 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BLACK HAWK COUNTY UNTIL
1000 PM CDT...

AT 910 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

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...WATERLOO...EVANSDALE AND HUDSON.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER.  LOCAL 
STREAMS ARE OVERTOPPING THEIR BANKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4229 9228 4230 9254 4245 9253 4263 9232
      4263 9209 4254 9208 4249 9208

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
345 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
COMPLEX SITUATION REMAINS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT.
PRIMARY SFC WARM FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA WITH
THE SECONDARY WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH OF THE IA/MN BORDER. GOOD
THETA-E ADVECTION HAS BEEN LIFTING THROUGH THE STATE MUCH OF THE DAY
RESULTING IN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REGION. TWO FOLD
THREAT FOR TONIGHT BETWEEN SEVERE WX POTENTIAL AND HEAVY RAINFALL
POTENTIAL.

SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL LAST THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND
THROUGH MID EVENING. INCREASING LOW LEVEL SHEAR ONGOING OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. LOW LEVEL EFFECTIVE SRH NOW AT
200-300 M2/S2 ALONG WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR 35 TO 45 KT...WELL
INTO THE SUPERCELL RANGE. THIS SHEAR ALONG WITH UNSEASONABLY MOIST
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 1.5 INCHES OR OVER 250% OF SEASONAL
VALUES WILL LEAD TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION SUPERCELL POTENTIAL WITH
POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL WILL BECOME A
SECONDARY THREAT AS AN EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS AND DEEP WARM LAYER
WILL RESULT IN LONG AND NARROW CAPE VALUES AND ALSO PROMOTE
EXCESSIVE SHEDDING AND MELTING OF ANY HAIL THAT DOES FORM. HEAVIEST
RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 TONIGHT WHERE GREATEST
RESIDENCE TIME FOR STORMS WILL OCCUR WITH LACK OF A PUSH TO THE
EAST. STORMS OVER THE WEST WILL MOVE PARALLEL TO THE SLOW MOVING
BOUNDARY FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...DO EXPECT
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE UPPER MISSOURI VALLEY AND AN
EVENTUALLY EXPANDING COLD POOL TO GIVE THE COLD FRONT A NUDGE TO THE
EAST AND BECOME MORE PROGRESSIVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
THIS SHOULD LIMIT EXTREME RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE EAST. WILL
EXPAND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO THE WEST AND MAINTAIN OVER THE EAST
WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL FELL LAST EVENING.

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A COLD FRONT SHOULD BE ROUGHLY THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE
STATE BY MORNING WITH A SECOND SHORTWAVE PUSHING ACROSS THE STATE
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL IOWA BEFORE LIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST.  THIS SHOULD KEEP A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
GOING THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING.  ONCE THAT PASSES HIGH PRESSURE
SHOULD TAKE OVER FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY GIVING US A COOLER AND
DRY PERIOD.  THIS HOWEVER WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE
COME BARRELING OUT OF THE ROCKIES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  THIS
WILL DEEPEN SOME AND AFFECT CENTRAL IOWA LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CHANCES WITH THUNDERSTORMS
APPEAR PLAUSIBLE.  FOR THE WEEKEND...BOTH MODELS ARE DOING A SHIFT
AND PUSHING THE NEXT SYSTEM SOUTH OF IOWA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY  BOTH
MODELS KEEP THE NEXT SHORTWAVE OUT OF IOWA ON SUNDAY WITH THE EURO
MORE AGGRESSIVE.  WILL NEED TO WAIT AND SEE BEFORE I BUY THAT.  I
PUT 30 POPS IN FOR SUNDAY...BASED MORE ON WHAT THE MODELS HAD BEEN
DOING PREVIOUSLY...WHEN CONSISTENCY WAS THERE.

&&

.AVIATION...26/18Z
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL. LIKELY IFR CONDITIONS OR BELOW FOR PERIOD
ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING WEST AND AFTER MIDNIGHT EAST. THE WIND WILL
SWITCH FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS BEHIND THE BOUNDARY AS THUNDERSTORMS
END.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
ADAIR-ADAMS-APPANOOSE-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CASS-CLARKE-
DALLAS-DAVIS-DECATUR-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-HARDIN-JASPER-LUCAS-MADISON-
MAHASKA-MARION-MARSHALL-MONROE-POLK-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-STORY-
TAMA-TAYLOR-UNION-WAPELLO-WARREN-WAYNE.

&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION...DONAVON
LONG TERM...FAB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
448 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>036-044>046-057-271000-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-
448 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS THE MAIN
THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED MINOR
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.

IAZ027-028-037>039-047>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-271000-
BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-
MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
448 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL UP TO
THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS THE MAIN THREATS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT COULD LEAD TO MINOR TO MODERATE
MAINSTEM RIVER AND TRIBUTARY FLOODING...AND POSSIBLY LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. THE GREATEST FLOOD POTENTIAL WOULD BE SOUTH AND
EAST OF DES MOINES INCLUDING THE LOWER SKUNK AND IOWA RIVER
BASINS...AS WELL AS THE DES MOINES RIVER BASIN BELOW SAYLORVILLE
RESERVOIR.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL END BY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE
TO POSE A FLOODING THREAT. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
AREA UNTIL 10 AM MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MOYER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
117 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

IAZ070-071-081-261845-
ADAIR-ADAMS-CASS-
117 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS...SOUTHWESTERN
ADAIR AND WESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

AT 114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VILLISCA...OR 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES
MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARBON BY 125 PM CDT.
  CUMBERLAND AND BRIDGEWATER BY 140 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF NODAWAY AND MASSENA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

JUNGLUTH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
311 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

IAZ058-262045-
GUTHRIE-
311 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY UNTIL 345
PM CDT...

AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF GUTHRIE CENTER...OR 46 MILES
WEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GUTHRIE CENTER BY 320 PM CDT.
  PANORA BY 325 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF CASEY IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

JUNGLUTH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
333 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

IAZ047-059-262100-
BOONE-DALLAS-
333 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DALLAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PANORA...OR 35 MILES WEST OF
DES MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PERRY BY 345 PM CDT.
  WOODWARD BY 355 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF DAWSON...MINBURN AND BOUTON ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.

JUNGBLUTH