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Flash Flood Watch
IAZ033>039-044>050-057>062-074-075-086-261000-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.A.0003.130526T0500Z-130526T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-
CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-
POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-WAPELLO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...
CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...
AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...
GRINNELL...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OTTUMWA
855 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTH CENTRAL
IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL IOWA...BOONE...DALLAS...GRUNDY...
HAMILTON...HARDIN...JASPER...MARSHALL...POLK...POWESHIEK...
STORY...TAMA AND WEBSTER. IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BLACK HAWK. IN
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...MAHASKA AND MARION. IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...
WAPELLO. IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...AUDUBON...CALHOUN...CARROLL...
CRAWFORD...GREENE...GUTHRIE AND SAC.

* FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE FORECAST LATE
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. WIDESPREAD
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE FORECAST WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP
TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE.

* AREAS WHICH HAD HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY MORNING ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON
SATURATED SOILS WOULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. BEING A HOLIDAY
WEEKEND...PEOPLE CAMPING SHOULD USE CAUTION AND AVOID CAMPING
IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
IAC015-049-073-260615-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0073.130526T0525Z-130526T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1225 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1222 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
PERRY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERRY...WOODWARD...RIPPEY...PERRY AIRPORT...BERKLEY AND BOUTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4208 9392 4182 9392 4182 9427 4193 9429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 261DEG 17KT 4187 9423

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

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