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IAC015-049-073-153-042130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

111 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GREENE...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN 

BOONE...POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM...



AT 1244 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER 

GREENE...POLK...DALLAS AND BOONE COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THE WAUKEE 

WATER WORKS HAS REPORTED 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN. AT 12 PM...CLIVE PUBLIC 

WORKS REPORTED A PORTION OF SWANSON BOULEVARD WAS CLOSED BETWEEN 

NORTHWEST 86TH STREET AND NORTHWEST 100TH STREET...AND SANDBAGGING 

EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY.



HEAVY RAIN IS PRODUCING RISES ALONG WALNUT AND FOUR MILE CREEKS. 

CURRENT STAGE ON WALNUT CREEK AT THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 80 GAGE IS 

NEAR 9 FEET WHICH IS BANKFULL. FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET AND THE CREEK 

WILL APPROACH THAT LEVEL LATER TODAY. ON WALNUT CREEK AT 63RD STREET 

IN DES MOINES THE CURRENT STAGE IS NEAR 12 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 13 

FEET AND THE CREEK WILL CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE LATER TODAY.



HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH OF BOONE...POLK...AND 

DALLAS COUNTIES THROUGH 2 PM...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

TRACK ACROSS GREENE COUNTY. RISES AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AFTER 

THE RAIN ENDS.



FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AVOID WATER

COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF

FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4219 9466 4191 9467 4188 9430 4151 9422

          4153 9337 4184 9337 4185 9371 4221 9417



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