209  
WGUS73 KDMX 040832  
FFSDMX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
332 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-  
332 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 332 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 4  
AND 6.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN  
AMES IS STARTING TO SUBSIDE AS RAIN RATES ARE LESSENING. HOWEVER,  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.  
 
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.  
 
EXPECT SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RISES IN THE IOWAY CREEK AND  
SOUTH SKUNK RIVER BASINS WITHIN THIS WARNING!  
 
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...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 

 
 
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