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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

915 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001



WATCH INFORMATION-- A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND 

WEDNESDAY FOR THE ENTIRE DES MOINES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

FORECAST AREA.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE 

ALGONA...AMES...ATLANTIC...CARROLL...CENTERVILLE...CHARITON...

CRESTON...DENISON...DES MOINES...ESTHERVILLE...FORT DODGE...

GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...IOWA FALLS...KNOXVILLE...LAMONI...

MARSHALLTOWN...MASON CITY...NEWTON...OSKALOOSA...OTTUMWA...

PELLA...PERRY...WATERLOO...AND WEBSTER CITY.



RECENT REPORTS-- OBSERVATIONS FROM SPOTTERS AND THE MEDIA...AS WELL 

AS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ALONG A PREVIOUS STORM TRACK FROM 

NEAR ATLANTIC TO INDIANOLA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE 

REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA.



FORECAST RAINFALL-- SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN 

NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE 

OVERNIGHT AND MOVE EASTWARD PRODUCING ADDITIONAL AND MORE WIDESPREAD 

HEAVY RAINS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.  



IF THIS RAINFALL MATERIALIZES...MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS IOWA 

WILL REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL.  IN THOSE LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN 

IOWA WHERE SOME RIVERS ARE ALREADY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...THESE HEAVY 

RAINS WOULD AGGRAVATE A FLOOD SITUATION ALREADY IN PROGRESS.



METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS-- A WARM FRONT WAS SITUATED ACROSS NORTHERN 

KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING.  MODERATE TO HIGH AMOUNTS 

OF MOISTURE WILL BE TRANSPORTED NORTHWARD OVER THIS FRONT TONIGHT 

PRODUCING WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT RAINS...ESPECIALLY AFTER 

MIDNIGHT.  AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCAL TOTALS EVEN 

HIGHER.



PRECAUTIONS-- A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR 

HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG 

AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR 

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG 

RIVERS OR STREAMS.  KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF 

FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE 

INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DMX 

IN ALL LOWER CASE.

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