811  
WGUS73 KDMX 040632  
FFSDMX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
IAC127-169-041130-  
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-260704T1130Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MARSHALL IA-STORY IA-  
132 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT THIS  
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND CENTRAL STORY COUNTIES...  
 
AT 132 AM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NEVADA REPORTED  
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS WAS  
CAUSING UNUSUAL STREET FLOODING IN NEVADA IN LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT  
TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE THIS LEVEL OF FLOODING. THIS HAS CAUSED A  
VEHICLE TO GET STUCK IN A COUPLE FEET OF WATER. BETWEEN 2 AND 4.5  
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER  
NORTHERN AMES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RAIN GAGES REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,  
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
AMES, NEVADA, STATE CENTER, GILBERT, IOWA STATE CENTER, COLO,  
MELBOURNE, RHODES, CLEMONS, ST. ANTHONY AND AMES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  
 
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 4193 9344 4197 9369 4212 9370 4214 9342  
4211 9312 4207 9299 4188 9299 4192 9324  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 
 
 
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