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WGUS73 KDMX 030855
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
355 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
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POLK IA-
355 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY...
AT 355 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO
2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS MORE STORMS MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
DES MOINES, WEST DES MOINES, ANKENY, URBANDALE, JOHNSTON, CLIVE,
ALTOONA, NORWALK, PLEASANT HILL, GRIMES, WINDSOR HEIGHTS,
CARLISLE, BONDURANT, SAYLORVILLE, MITCHELLVILLE, IOWA STATE
FAIRGROUNDS, IOWA EVENTS CENTER, PRINCIPAL PARK, DRAKE STADIUM AND
KNAPP CENTER AND ADVENTURELAND AMUSEMENT PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
FOR THE LATEST STREAM OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTS REFER TO
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES/WATER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4160 9335 4160 9334 4151 9333 4151 9379
4160 9379 4160 9381 4172 9381 4170 9335
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
ANSORGE
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