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WGUS73 KDMX 042010

FFSDMX

IAC015-049-073-153-042130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

308 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 300 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. SEE FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT 

DSMFLWDMX FOR ADDITIONAL CREST FORECAST DETAILS ON WALNUT CREEK AND 

FOUR MILE CREEK.



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DALLAS...POLK AND GREENE COUNTIES REPORTED CREEKS 

AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND WATER OVER ROADWAYS EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON.



ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOW A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY LATE 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 4220 9464 4191 9465 4188 9430 4152 9421

          4154 9340 4184 9338 4186 9370 4221 9417



KINNEY



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