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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 25, 20157 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2015, 12:59 AM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. 20 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2015, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Boone County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marion County, IA, Polk County, IA, Warren County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 1:25 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nne Grimes, IA	PUBLIC REPORTS...WITH IMAGES...OF ROAD FLOODING IN GRIMES JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 141 ON SE 19TH ST...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
Jun 25, 1:25 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Perry, IA	PUBLIC REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING...BASEMENT FLOODING...AND POSSIBLE WATER RESCUES FROM VEHICLES STRANDED IN FLOODED STREETS WITHIN PERRY.
Jun 25, 1:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.9	2 Ese Waukee, IA	SPOTTER REPORTED 3.90 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 10PM TO 1:30AM AT THEIR HOME OBSERVER LOCATION WEST DES MOINES.
Jun 25, 1:35 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Waukee, IA	PUBLIC REPORT OF EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING IN WAUKEE AREA...INCLUDING CREEKS OUT OF BANKS.
Jun 25, 2:10 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 W Waukee, IA	PUBLIC REPORT OF APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET OF WATER IN THE STREET ALONG CEDAR AVE IN WAUKEE...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jun 25, 2:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nne Waukee, IA	FLOODWATERS FROM WALNUT CREEK FLOWING OVER ALICES RD SOUTH OF MERIDITH DR. REPORTED BY CLIVE PUBLIC WORKS.
Jun 25, 2:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Nnw Waukee, IA	FLOODWATERS FROM WALNUT CREEK FLOWING OVER CO RD R22 NEAR INTERSECTION WITH MERIDITH DR. REPORTED BY CLIVE PUBLIC WORKS.
Jun 25, 2:55 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Adel, IA	COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTING WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN ADEL...INCLUDING COVERED ROADS INCLUDING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 169...AND FLOODED BASEMENTS
Jun 25, 2:58 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Dallas Center, IA	COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED ROADWAY FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 44 FROM ROUGHLY 1 MILE W OF HIGHWAY 169 AND EAST TO COUNTY ROAD R22.
Jun 25, 3:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 E Dallas Center, IA	LOCAL FIRE/RESCUE REPORTING SEVERE STREETS IN TOWN WITH WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS AND THAT THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS TAKING ON WATER/FLOODING.
Jun 25, 3:12 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 S Indianola, IA	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS CREEKS OUT OF BANK ON SOUTH SIDE OF INDIANOLA AS WELL AS A FEW ROADWAYS COVERED
Jun 25, 3:25 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sse Indianola, IA	WARREN CO DISPATCH ADVISES THAT A MOBILE HOME PARK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDIANOLA NEAR INTERSECTION OF US 69 & W 17TH AVE IS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
Jun 25, 3:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ene Spring Hill, IA	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT ROAD CLOSURES ARE BEING CONDUCTED ALONG HIGHWAY 69 BETWEEN INDIANOLA AND DES MOINES
Jun 25, 4:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7.1	1 Nnw Adel, IA	EVENT TOTAL SINCE 5:30 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING
Jun 25, 4:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7.1	Adel, IA	EVENT TOTAL SINCE 5:30 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING
Jun 25, 6:50 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.17	3 S Polk City, IA	AT NWS OFFICE IN LAST 30 HOURS.
Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.88	Bondurant, IA
Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.62	Knoxville, IA
Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.61	3 Ene Lacona, IA
Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.62	2 Wsw Perry, IA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3546 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 618 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 10.1
Supercell composite: 76.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

596 
WGUS53 KDMX 250559
FFWDMX
IAC015-049-077-121-125-153-181-251200-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FF.W.0013.150625T0559Z-150625T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1259 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT THURSDAY
    
* AT 1255 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 
  WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR 
  MORE INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...ON 
  TOP OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL EARLIER. FLASH FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON...
  CLIVE...INDIANOLA...ALTOONA...WAUKEE...NORWALK...PLEASANT HILL...
  GRIMES...PERRY...KNOXVILLE...WINTERSET...ADEL...WINDSOR HEIGHTS...
  CARLISLE...BONDURANT AND POLK CITY.

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE 
WARNED AREA. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS WALNUT CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE 
OF THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE FLOOD 
STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
      4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
      4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
      4151 9320

$$

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7 follow-up statements

350 
WGUS73 KDMX 250632
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
132 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

IAC015-049-077-121-125-153-181-251200-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150625T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN IA-BOONE IA-MARION IA-DALLAS IA-MADISON IA-GUTHRIE IA-POLK IA-
132 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR WARREN...SOUTHERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN MARION...
DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE AND POLK
COUNTIES...

AT 128 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS WALNUT CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DES 
MOINES METRO AREA. AT INTERSTATE 80/35 IN CLIVE...WALNUT CREEK IS 
EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 13 FT...OR 1 FT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AROUND 
4 AM. AT 63RD STREET IN DES MOINES...WALNUT CREEK IS EXPECTED TO 
CREST AROUND 15.2 FT...OR 1.2 FT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AROUND 3 
AM...THEN REMAIN AROUND THAT STAGE FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE FALLING. 
THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF OBSERVED 
RAINFALL...A WELL AS FORECAST RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON...
CLIVE...INDIANOLA...ALTOONA...WAUKEE...NORWALK...PLEASANT HILL...
GRIMES...PERRY...KNOXVILLE...WINTERSET...ADEL...WINDSOR HEIGHTS...
CARLISLE...BONDURANT AND POLK CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
      4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
      4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
      4151 9320

$$

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755 
WGUS73 KDMX 250717
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
217 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

IAC015-049-077-121-125-153-181-251200-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150625T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN IA-BOONE IA-MARION IA-DALLAS IA-MADISON IA-GUTHRIE IA-POLK IA-
217 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR WARREN...SOUTHERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN MARION...
DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE AND POLK
COUNTIES...

AT 214 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS WALNUT CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DES 
MOINES METRO AREA. AT INTERSTATE 80/35 IN CLIVE...WALNUT CREEK IS 
EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 13 FT...OR 1 FT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AROUND 
4 AM. AT 63RD STREET IN DES MOINES...MAJOR FLOODING ALONG WALNUT 
CREEK IS EXPECTED...WITH A CREST AROUND 17.8 FT...OR 3.8 FT ABOVE 
FLOOD STAGE...BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM. THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON THE 
COMBINATION OF OBSERVED RAINFALL...A WELL AS FORECAST RAINFALL OVER 
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON...
CLIVE...INDIANOLA...ALTOONA...WAUKEE...NORWALK...PLEASANT HILL...
GRIMES...PERRY...KNOXVILLE...WINTERSET...ADEL...WINDSOR HEIGHTS...
CARLISLE...BONDURANT AND POLK CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
      4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
      4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
      4151 9320

$$

ZOGG

070 
WGUS73 KDMX 250730
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
230 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

IAC015-049-077-121-125-153-181-251200-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150625T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN IA-BOONE IA-MARION IA-DALLAS IA-MADISON IA-GUTHRIE IA-POLK IA-
230 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR WARREN...SOUTHERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN MARION...
DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE AND POLK
COUNTIES...

AT 228 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 
NUMEROUS PORTIONS OF THE DES MOINES METRO AND SURROUNDING 
COMMUNITIES...INCLUDING WAUKEE...GRIMES...JOHNSTON...AND DALLAS 
CENTER. IN EXCESS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALREADY WITH 
AN ADDTIONAL COUPLE OF INCHES POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 
NIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON...
CLIVE...INDIANOLA...ALTOONA...WAUKEE...NORWALK...PLEASANT HILL...
GRIMES...PERRY...KNOXVILLE...WINTERSET...ADEL...WINDSOR HEIGHTS...
CARLISLE...BONDURANT AND POLK CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
      4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
      4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
      4151 9320

$$

CURTIS

894 
WGUS73 KDMX 250919
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
419 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

IAC015-049-077-121-125-153-181-251200-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150625T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN IA-BOONE IA-MARION IA-DALLAS IA-MADISON IA-GUTHRIE IA-POLK IA-
419 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR WARREN...SOUTHERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN MARION...
DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE AND POLK
COUNTIES...

AT 414 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 
NUMEROUS PORTIONS OF THE DES MOINES METRO AND SURROUNDING 
COMMUNITIES...INCLUDING WAUKEE...GRIMES...JOHNSTON...AND DALLAS 
CENTER. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS WALNUT CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DES 
MOINES METRO AREA. AT INTERSTATE 80/35 IN CLIVE...WALNUT CREEK IS 
EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 14 FT...OR 2 FT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AROUND 
5 AM. AT 63RD STREET IN DES MOINES...MAJOR FLOODING ALONG WALNUT 
CREEK IS EXPECTED...WITH A CREST AROUND 18 FT...OR 4 FT ABOVE FLOOD 
STAGE...BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM. THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON THE 
COMBINATION OF OBSERVED RAINFALL...A WELL AS FORECAST RAINFALL.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON...
CLIVE...INDIANOLA...ALTOONA...WAUKEE...NORWALK...PLEASANT HILL...
GRIMES...PERRY...KNOXVILLE...WINTERSET...ADEL...WINDSOR HEIGHTS...
CARLISLE...BONDURANT AND POLK CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
      4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
      4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
      4151 9320

$$

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917 
WGUS73 KDMX 250940
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
440 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

IAC015-049-077-121-125-153-181-251200-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150625T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN IA-BOONE IA-MARION IA-DALLAS IA-MADISON IA-GUTHRIE IA-POLK IA-
440 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR WARREN...SOUTHERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN MARION...
DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE AND POLK
COUNTIES...

AT 438 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 
NUMEROUS PORTIONS OF THE DES MOINES METRO AND SURROUNDING 
COMMUNITIES...INCLUDING WAUKEE...GRIMES...JOHNSTON...AND DALLAS 
CENTER. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS WALNUT CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DES 
MOINES METRO AREA...AS WELL AS FOURMILE CREEK ON THE EAST SIDE OF 
THE DES MOINES METRO AREA. AT INTERSTATE 80/35 IN CLIVE...WALNUT 
CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 14 FT...OR 2 FT ABOVE FLOOD 
STAGE...AROUND 5 AM. AT 63RD STREET IN DES MOINES...MAJOR FLOODING 
ALONG WALNUT CREEK IS EXPECTED...WITH A CREST AROUND 18 FT...OR 4 FT 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM. THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON 
THE COMBINATION OF OBSERVED RAINFALL...A WELL AS FORECAST RAINFALL.

AT EASTON BLVD ON THE EAST SIDE OF DES MOINES...FOURMILE CREEK IS 
FORECAST TO CREST AROUND 13.3 FT...OR 0.8 FT ABOVE FLOOD 
STAGE...AROUND 7 AM TODAY. IT HAS ALREADY CRESTED AT UPSTREAM 
LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE ANKENY AREA AND INTERSTATE 80.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON...
CLIVE...INDIANOLA...ALTOONA...WAUKEE...NORWALK...PLEASANT HILL...
GRIMES...PERRY...KNOXVILLE...WINTERSET...ADEL...WINDSOR HEIGHTS...
CARLISLE...BONDURANT AND POLK CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
      4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
      4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
      4151 9320

$$

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299 
WGUS73 KDMX 251051
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
551 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

IAC015-049-077-121-125-153-181-251200-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150625T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN IA-BOONE IA-MARION IA-DALLAS IA-MADISON IA-GUTHRIE IA-POLK IA-
551 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR WARREN...SOUTHERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN MARION...
DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE AND POLK
COUNTIES...

AT 546 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 
WARNED AREA. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS WALNUT CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE 
OF THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...AS WELL AS FOURMILE CREEK ON THE EAST 
SIDE OF THE DES MOINES METRO AREA. AT INTERSTATE 80/35 IN 
CLIVE...WALNUT CREEK IS NEAR ITS CREST NOW OF AROUND 13.5 FT...OR 
1.5 FT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING LATER 
THIS MORNING.

AT 63RD STREET IN DES MOINES...MAJOR FLOODING ALONG WALNUT CREEK IS 
OCCURRING. THE CREEK IS NEAR ITS CREST NOW AROUND 17.5 FT...OR 3.5 
FT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING LATER THIS 
MORNING.

AT EASTON BLVD ON THE EAST SIDE OF DES MOINES...FOURMILE CREEK IS IS 
NEAR ITS CREST NOW AROUND ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 12.5 FT...AND IS 
FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING LATER THIS MORNING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON...
CLIVE...INDIANOLA...ALTOONA...WAUKEE...NORWALK...PLEASANT HILL...
GRIMES...PERRY...KNOXVILLE...WINTERSET...ADEL...WINDSOR HEIGHTS...
CARLISLE...BONDURANT AND POLK CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
      4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
      4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
      4151 9320

$$

ZOGG

251 
WGUS73 KDMX 251159
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
659 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

IAC015-049-077-121-125-153-181-251208-
/O.EXP.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150625T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN IA-BOONE IA-MARION IA-DALLAS IA-MADISON IA-GUTHRIE IA-POLK IA-
659 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN...SOUTHERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN
MARION...DALLAS...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE AND
POLK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM CDT...

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD 
WARNING...THAT WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM TODAY.

LAT...LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
      4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
      4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
      4151 9320

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Dallas	41 min
Jun 24, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison	45 min
Jun 24, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison	26 min
Jun 24, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass	24 min
Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	45 min
Jun 24, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Guthrie	28 min
Jun 24, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Warren	49 min
Jun 24, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison, Union	17 min
Jun 24, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Warren	43 min
Jun 24, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Warren	50 min
Jun 24, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Decatur, Wayne	58 min
Jun 24, 9:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Greene, Guthrie	4 hr
Jun 24, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello	60 min
Jun 24, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Greene, Guthrie	38 min
Jun 24, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	45 min
Jun 24, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Wapello	47 min
Jun 24, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Carroll, Greene	6 hr
Jun 24, 10:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Wayne	9 hr
Jun 25, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Warren	46 min
Jun 25, 12:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Greene, Guthrie	7 hr
Jun 25, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Guthrie	52 min
Jun 25, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	35 min
Jun 25, 1:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	6 days
Jun 25, 1:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Greene	5 days
Jun 25, 1:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	5 days
Jun 25, 1:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	5 days
Jun 25, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	6 days
Jun 25, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Wapello	52 hr
Jun 25, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Davis, Wapello	60 hr
Jun 25, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	4 days
Jun 25, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Guthrie	34 hr
Jun 25, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	53 hr
Jun 25, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	40 hr
Jun 25, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Warren	33 hr
Jun 25, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	46 hr
Jun 25, 6:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Lucas and 6 more	9 hr
Jun 25, 7:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas, Wayne	49 hr
Jun 25, 7:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose	38 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.