Flooding In Des Moines, IA

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
559 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...RAPID SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL CONTRIBUTING TO FLASH FLOOD
POTENTIAL TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA...
.UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND RAPID SNOW MELT TODAY ALONG
WITH AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAINFALL THIS EVENING
MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY MIX WITH
SLEET AND CHANGE TO SNOW LATER THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING THE
FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL BY MORNING.
HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-
ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...
WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...
INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...
CHARITON...ALBIA..OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...
CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
559 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST
IOWA...SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL IOWA...
BOONE...DALLAS...GRUNDY...HAMILTON...HARDIN...JASPER...
MARSHALL...POLK...POWESHIEK...STORY AND TAMA. IN NORTHEAST
IOWA...BLACK HAWK. IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...APPANOOSE...
CLARKE...DECATUR...LUCAS...MADISON...MAHASKA...MARION...
MONROE...RINGGOLD...UNION...WARREN AND WAYNE. IN SOUTHEAST
IOWA...DAVIS AND WAPELLO. IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...ADAIR...ADAMS
AND TAYLOR.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* RAPID SNOW MELT AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
* ROADS...HIGHWAYS...AND GRAVEL ROADS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME OVERRUN
WITH FLOOD WATERS IN AREAS THAT HAD SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TODAY
ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL
TONIGHT. SEVERAL RIVERS...STREAMS...AND CREEKS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
TO RISE NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN ADDITION
TO SOME ALREADY FLOODED LOCATIONS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
...SNOW MELT TODAY AND RAIN TONIGHT TO CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS...
.SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TODAY HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA
RESULTING IN RISING WATER LEVELS IN CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES AND
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT
WILL FALL ON SATURATED GROUND AND REMAINING SNOW CAUSING
ADDITIONAL WATER PROBLEMS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
558 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL...HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...
JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH...MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...
STEPHENSON...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...BENTON...
BUCHANAN...CEDAR...CLINTON...DELAWARE...DES MOINES...DUBUQUE...
HENRY IA...IOWA...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...
KEOKUK...LEE...LINN...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN
AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.
* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TODAY HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA
RESULTING IN RISING WATER LEVELS IN CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES AND
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL RAIN UP TO
ONE INCH TONIGHT WILL FALL ON SATURATED GROUND AND REMAINING
SNOW. THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WITH THE RAIN
UNABLE TO SOAK INTO THE GROUND. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS OF A HALF OR MORE.
* INDIVIDUALS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS SHOULD
MONITOR CONDITIONS FOR THE RISK OF RAPID RISING OF WATER.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CST.
* AT 618 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OTTUMWA
...KIRKVILLE AND CHILLICOTHE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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