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IAC153-169-090845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

943 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR STORY AND POLK COUNTIES UNTIL

245 AM...



AT 943 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WINTERSET THROUGH OSCEOLA AND 

LAMONI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH INTO THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL 

LOCAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 11 

PM...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVING IN THROUGH 

EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  THIS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED URBAN FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE DES MOINES METRO...WITH QUICK RISES ON SMALLER 

CREEKS IN THE AREA. 



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 4153 9378 4152 9337 4187 9336 4220 9324

          4219 9363



KULA



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