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IAC153-169-090845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1049 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003



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

245 AM...



AT 1040 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM DES MOINES INTO WESTERN 

AND SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH 

TOWARD THE WARNED AREA.  WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED 

AND EARLIER RAINS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LOCAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE 

INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS 

CONTINUED. ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED URBAN 

FLOODING...WITH QUICK RISES ON SMALLER CREEKS IN THE AREA. 



FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY. 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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