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WGUS73 KDMX 041906

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IAC015-049-073-153-042130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

205 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 200 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED NORTH OF THE WARNING AREA. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND RISES ALONG AREA CREEKS AND 

STREAMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



IN POLK COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A PORTION OF BEAVER CREEK 

WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS IN JOHNSTON...ALONG A PORTION OF NORTHWEST 62ND 

AVENUE. ALSO...THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS INDICATES 

WATER IS COVERING MANY COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME.



ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOW A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH COULD 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



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 9467 4191 9467 4187 9431 4152 9423

          4154 9338 4184 9337 4184 9368 4221 9417



KINNEY



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