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WGUS73 KDMX 110618
FFSDMX

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

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JASPER IA-POLK IA-POWESHIEK IA-DALLAS IA-
118 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 116 AM CDT...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE 
METRO AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED DEEP WATER 
FLOWING ACROSS INTERSTATE 35 NEAR MILE MARKER 97 BETWEEN ANKENY AND 
ELKHART...WITH SEVERAL CARS STALLED AND SPUN OUT ON THE INTERSTATE. 
DALLAS CENTER IS EXPERIENCING 4 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER THROUGHOUT THE 
ENTIRE TOWN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP 
TO 2 INCHES. MAJOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE METRO 
AREA OF DES MOINES...ANKENY AND DALLAS CENTER.

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.

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

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BEERENDS