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WWUS83 KDMX 180901
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
401 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019
IAZ058>062-071>075-081>086-093-094-181015-
WAPELLO IA-GUTHRIE IA-POWESHIEK IA-MARION IA-JASPER IA-POLK IA-
UNION IA-MADISON IA-DECATUR IA-ADAMS IA-CLARKE IA-LUCAS IA-ADAIR IA-
RINGGOLD IA-MAHASKA IA-MONROE IA-DALLAS IA-WARREN IA-
401 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2019
...LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS...
AT 359 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM BROOKLYN TO 6 MILES EAST OF MONROE TO 6 MILES
NORTH OF AVENUE OF THE SAINTS EVENT CENTER TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GREENFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DES MOINES, WEST DES MOINES, CLIVE, NEWTON, INDIANOLA, ALTOONA,
WAUKEE, OSKALOOSA, PELLA, GRINNELL, NORWALK, PLEASANT HILL, CRESTON,
KNOXVILLE, WINTERSET, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, GREENFIELD AND
MONTEZUMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4151 9241 4116 9239 4099 9278 4090 9338
4090 9355 4087 9356 4090 9460 4154 9470
4167 9303 4186 9238 4186 9230 4151 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0859Z 343DEG 24KT 4174 9244 4151 9298 4139 9375 4146
9456
PODRAZIK
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