
199 
WGUS73 KDMX 110728
FFSDMX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
228 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010

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JASPER IA-POLK IA-POWESHIEK IA-DALLAS IA-
228 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DALLAS...
POWESHIEK...POLK AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 221 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT
A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IN PROGRESS NEAR FOUR MILE CREEK ON 
THE EAST SITE OF THE DES MOINES METRO AREA. RECORD FLOODING MAY 
OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE FOUR MILE CREEK BASIN. EVACUATIONS OF A TRAILER 
PARK NEAR FOUR MILE CREEK ARE TAKING PLACE.  

WATER CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED ACROSS INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN ANKENY 
AND ELKHART. MANY STREETS THROUGHOUT ANKENY CONTINUE TO BE 
INUNDATED WITH WATER. WATER CONTINUED TO COVER MANY STREETS 
THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF DALLAS CENTER IN DALLAS COUNTY.  

WATER MAY ALSO BEGIN TO FLOW ACROSS INTERSTATE 80 NEAR THE COLFAX 
EXIT THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW HOURS DUE TO FLOODING ALONG INDIAN 
CREEK BACKING UP DUE TO THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH  FLOODING INCLUDE...DES
MOINES...ALTOONA...ANKENY...BONDURANT...BROOKLYN...CLIVE...COLFAX...
DALLAS CENTER...GRIMES...GRINNELL...JOHNSTON...MONROE...MONTEZUMA...
NEWTON...PERRY...PLEASANT HILL...POLK CITY...PRAIRIE CITY...
URBANDALE...WAUKEE...WEST DES MOINES...WINDSOR HEIGHTS AND WOODWARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4151 9379 4167 9414 4186 9412 4186 9230
      4151 9229

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BEERENDS