Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Des Moines, IA

394 
WGUS73 KDMX 011146
FFSDMX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
646 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

IAC159-175-011615-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-180901T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Union IA-Ringgold IA-
646 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN UNION AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES...

At 643 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
that heavy rain has fallen over the area with up to 6 to 7 inches of 
rain estimated by radar since around midnight. Flash flooding is 
expected to begin shortly or is already occurring. Though the 
rainfall rates have lessened across the warned area...up to another 
inch of rain may fall with lingering thunderstorms across the region 
this morning.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Creston, Mount Ayr, Sun Valley Lake, Afton, Diagonal, Kellerton,
Tingley, Arispe, Shannon City, Thayer, Ellston, Benton, Maloy,
Beaconsfield, Creston Municipal Airport and Mt Ayr Municipal Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 4067 9441 4106 9442 4106 9401 4067 9402

$$

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185 
WGUS73 KDMX 011441
FFSDMX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
941 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

IAC159-175-011451-
/O.CAN.KDMX.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-180901T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Union IA-Ringgold IA-
941 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN UNION AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to exercise caution as some localized issues 
may remain.

Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall are expected in the area over the 
next few days, raising the concerns for flash flooding and other 
flooding with already saturated soils. Please use caution and pay 
attention to forecasts.

LAT...LON 4067 9441 4106 9442 4106 9401 4067 9402

$$

Curtis

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1227 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

...Updated 06z Aviation...

.SHORT TERM.../Tonight through Saturday/
Issued at 316 PM CDT Fri Aug 31 2018

A swath of showers and thunderstorms currently extends from west
central Iowa down into Missouri and is slowly progressing
eastward. Convection within this swath has been more or less
steady state all day as it has approached from Nebraska and has
thus far shown no signs of organization. Despite fairly high
instability ahead of the rain across central and eastern Iowa,
mesoanalysis indicates substantial convective inhibition due to
warm temperatures aloft. This, combined with a relative lack of
deep shear, is likely what is inhibiting any intensification.
While the storms bear watching as they progress across our
forecast area in the next several hours, the odds of severe
weather from them appear low overall.

Short-term model guidance has consistently predicted secondary
development of additional thunderstorms across parts of western
Iowa after sunset tonight, around 01-02Z, which then move fairly
quickly eastward as a multi-cell cluster or possibly bowing line.
This appears to be the result of modest low-level convergence
upstream interacting with the developing nocturnal low-level jet.
However, very few of the models are depicting the current western
Iowa rain in their initializations, and it is difficult to
determine what effect this will have on the veracity of their
solutions. Nevertheless, given the persistence of the schedule and
the stronger forcing of the developing LLJ, have maintained POPs
that reflect this scenario. If the storms do develop as expected
then they will have an attendant threat of strong winds as the
progress eastward across central Iowa tonight.

Meanwhile, well to our north/northwest across Minnesota and
Dakotas, a separate area of intense thunderstorms will form near
the synoptic boundary this evening. This will likely produce an
elongated outflow boundary that will travel east southeastward
overnight, accompanied by at least a broken band of convection.
This feature will likely impact at least our northern and
northeastern counties between midnight and sunrise, again with an
attendant threat of strong winds.

.LONG TERM.../Saturday night through Friday/
Issued at 316 PM CDT Fri Aug 31 2018

The long term forecast period remains unusually active and wet as
Iowa will reside beneath very persistent west southwesterly flow
aloft, allowing a nearly continuous fetch of moisture advection
into a quasi-stationary surface boundary draped across the Upper
Midwest.

Overnight thunderstorms may linger into Saturday morning in our
eastern counties, otherwise there may be a brief quiet period from
mid-morning into mid-afternoon Saturday as it will take some time
to destabilize behind the overnight convection, which will also
have left behind an outflow boundary somewhere over central Iowa.
Diurnal heating will result in a high to extreme degree of
instability south of this boundary, probably roughly south of
Highway 30, which should be enough to generate robust thunderstorm
development near the boundary in the late afternoon/evening. Have
carried increased POPs to account for this, but they are
necessarily broad-brushed in deference to uncertainty regarding
the location of the boundary. While the degree of instability in
proximity to the boundary will support a severe weather threat, it
should be fairly localized and a lack of deep-layer shear will
likely result in a quick transition to more of a heavy
rain/flooding threat, which will become the primary hazard for the
remainder of the event. Most of the forecast area has been devoid
of heavy rains lately, but if the storms manage to persist over a
metro or flood-prone area then flooding concerns will be enhanced.

On Saturday night the nocturnal LLJ will develop once again, and
it's more southerly orientation along with somewhat more
southwesterly flow aloft may act to push the boundary and storms
northward. Model solutions diverge somewhat on this point, but it
is likely that the jet will keep storms redeveloping for much of
the night, so if they are able to move northward then that will
spread out the heavy rain threat, while a more stationary boundary
would result in more localized but much higher flooding potential.
This will certainly bear watching as we head into the weekend.

From Sunday through next week the overall pattern will remain
essentially unchanged. One or more boundaries will waffle around
the area, being repeatedly activated by mid-level shortwave
impulses, diurnal heating, and/or LLJ redevelopment. This will
result in a continued intermittent threat of severe weather and
heavy rain, with the heavy rain and flooding concerns being a
higher threat for the most part. There is no significant pattern
change foreseen until at least late next week, and possibly
longer.

&&

.AVIATION.../For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Saturday night/
Issued at 1217 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

The main concern throughout the period will be the development of
rain showers and thunderstorms as front lifts northward across
Iowa throughout Saturday morning. Rain shower and thunderstorms
will likely develop in clusters, and gradually increase in
coverage throughout the period. This will result in MVFR
conditions across the terminals as the morning progresses. IFR
conditions may briefly develop if thunderstorms move directly
over the terminals. The other concern overnight into the morning
will be low-level wind shear at ALO, DSM, and OTM as the low-
level jet continues to pass through the area. This is the
beginning to what will be a rather wet weekend.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...Lee
LONG TERM...Lee
AVIATION...Krull

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
425 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>038-044>048-057>060-070>073-081-
082-086-092-093-096-097-020930-
Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo-
Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun-
Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Crawford-Carroll-Greene-Boone-
Story-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Adams-
Union-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold-Appanoose-Davis-
425 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight

Strong to possibly severe thunderstorms are possible this
afternoon through tonight. Damaging wind gusts is the main
threat along with heavy rainfall. Large hail is a secondary
threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There will be periods of thunderstorms, especially during the
overnight hours, through Thursday. Widespread severe weather is
not likely but a few storms from time to time may be strong to
severe. Damaging winds will likely be the main threats with any
stronger storms.

Heavy rainfall will be possible with any thunderstorm. River
flooding and flash flood threats could increase Sunday into next
week due to the continued heavy rain threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected though rainfall reports are
appreciated.

IAZ039-049-050-061-062-074-075-083>085-094-095-020930-
Black Hawk-Marshall-Tama-Jasper-Poweshiek-Marion-Mahaska-Clarke-
Lucas-Monroe-Decatur-Wayne-
425 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight

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.

Strong to possibly severe thunderstorms are possible this
afternoon through tonight. Damaging wind gusts is the main
threat along with heavy rainfall. Large hail is a secondary
threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

There will be periods of thunderstorms, especially during the
overnight hours, through Thursday. Widespread severe weather is
not likely but a few storms from time to time may be strong to
severe. Damaging winds will likely be the main threats with any
stronger storms.

Heavy rainfall will be possible with any thunderstorm. River
flooding and flash flood threats could increase Sunday into next
week due to the continued heavy rain threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected though rainfall reports are
appreciated.

FAB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
203 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

IAZ039-050-062-075-010815-
Black Hawk-Tama-Poweshiek-Mahaska-
Including the cities of Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Tama, Toledo,
Traer, Dysart, Gladbrook, Grinnell, and Oskaloosa
203 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

...Thunderstorms With Locally Heavy Rainfall...

A line of thunderstorms producing locally heavy rainfall of up to
2 to 3 inches per hour will continue moving through the region
over the next hour. Ponding of water and minor street flooding
will be likely with this line of storms as it moves across the
region.

The storms will also produce some small hail as well as potential
gusty winds to 40 to 45 mph. Persons traveling should use caution
and be aware of the possibility of possible street flooding and
low visibility as the storms continuing moving east though 3 am
this Saturday morning.

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
235 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

IAZ070>072-082-083-093-094-010945-
Cass-Adair-Madison-Union-Clarke-Ringgold-Decatur-
Including the cities of Atlantic, Greenfield, Stuart, Adair,
Fontanelle, Winterset, Earlham, Creston, Osceola, Mount Ayr,
Lamoni, and Leon
235 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018

...Strong Thunderstorms Moving through The Region...

An area of strong thunderstorms continues to move through the area
early this Saturday morning. The storms are capable of producing
winds to near 50 mph at times as well as heavy rainfall. Radar
estimates of 1 to up to 3 inches of rainfall will be possible
with some of the thunderstorms. Also hail up to penny sized will
be possible with the storms.

Though no severe weather is occurring at this time...the storms
may yet produce some severe weather overnight tonight with large
hail and strong winds the main threats.

REV

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
238 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0233 AM     HAIL             KNOXVILLE               41.32N 93.10W
09/01/2018  M0.75 INCH       MARION             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
256 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0233 AM     HAIL             MALCOM                  41.71N 92.55W
09/01/2018  E1.00 INCH       POWESHIEK          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RELAYED BY DVN NWS.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
306 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0250 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 W MURRAY              41.04N 93.98W
09/01/2018  M57 MPH          CLARKE             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTS NICKEL HAIL AND 0.83 INCHES RAINFALL
            AS WELL.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
428 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LEON                    40.74N 93.75W
09/01/2018                   DECATUR            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGE
            IN LEON. DELAYED REPORT. BASEMENT FLOODING
            ALSO REPORTED AT SOME LOCATIONS.

&&

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