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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

649 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR POLK COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM...



AT 649 PM...DES MOINES POLICE CONTINUED TO REPORT FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG MANY STREETS OF SOUTHEAST DES MOINES.  WATER WAS AS 

DEEP AS 2 TO 3 FEET IN SOME SPOTS...PARTICULARLY LOW LYING AREAS. 



THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHERN POLK 

COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND OBSERVED AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 

INCH IN THIS AREA.  THESE STORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING NORTH...BUT 

SHOULD DIMINISH IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.



RAINFALL OF NEARLY TWO AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED IN 

SOUTHERN DES MOINES BY A RETIRED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE.



FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE

THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...THE ROAD SURFACE MAY BE WASHED OUT.

LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF

THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4151 9378 4151 9336 4186 9336 4185 9381



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