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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1116 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

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JASPER IA-POLK IA-POWESHIEK IA-DALLAS IA-
1116 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

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

AT 1114 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. 16 TO 18 INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROADWAY 
AT NORTH ANKENY BOULEVARD AND NORTHEAST 9 TH STREET IN POLK COUNTY 
ALLOWING THE ROADWAY TO BE CLOSED.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. 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.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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