782  
WGUS73 KDMX 040856  
FFSDMX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA  
356 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
IAC099-127-169-041315-  
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260704T1315Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
JASPER IA-MARSHALL IA-STORY IA-  
356 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT THIS  
MORNING FOR JASPER, SOUTHERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN STORY  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 356 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND IS ASKING CITIZENS TO AVOID  
TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  
FALLEN. 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...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,  
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
NEWTON, MITCHELLVILLE, COLFAX, PRAIRIE CITY, BAXTER, IOWA  
SPEEDWAY, ROCK CREEK LAKE, KELLOGG, GILMAN, COLLINS, RHODES,  
MINGO, LAUREL, LAMBS GROVE, VALERIA, NEWTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,  
PRAIRIE CITY KROHN AIRPORT AND ROCK CREEK STATE PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
AVOID TRAVEL IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT  
WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
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 9334 4192 9280 4185 9279 4158 9290  
4161 9334 4173 9335 4175 9335 4186 9335  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 
 
 
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