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WGUS43 KDMX 110701
FLWDMX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
201 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO RECORD SEVERITY FOR
FOURMILE CREEK IN THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...

.INTENSE RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER PORTIONS OF
THE FOURMILE CREEK BASIN IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN RECORD FLOODING
ALONG FOURMILE CREEK.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

PEOPLE ALONG FOURMILE CREEK SHOULD PREPARE FOR FLOOD LEVELS NEVER
SEEN BEFORE ALONG THE CREEK.

THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY THAN NORMAL IN THE FORECAST CREST OF
FOURMILE CREEK DUE TO THE EXPECTED UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS. WE WILL
CONTINUE MONITORING THIS SITUATION AND ISSUE UPDATES AS NEEDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED AREA...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE 
ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

MORE INFORMATION IS AT  WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES .

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IAC153-120701-
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/DFMI4.3.ER.100811T0617Z.100811T1300Z.000000T0000Z.NR/
201 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010

...IMPORTANT--RECORD FLOODING IS NOW FORECAST...

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO RECORD SEVERITY...

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE FOURMILE CREEK AT DES MOINES EASTON BLVD...OR FROM BELOW 
  INTERSTATE 80...TO THE DES MOINES RIVER.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT  1:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS  12 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND RECORD FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE TO BETWEEN 16 AND 17 FEET BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AM THIS
  MORNING...THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* CREST HISTORY...THE PRESENT RECORD CREST IS 15.4 FEET IN 2008.
* IMPACT...FLOOD WATERS FROM FOURMILE CREEK MAY AFFECT I-80 BETWEEN
  MILE MARKERS 138 AND 141 AS EARLY AS 5 AM THIS MORNING.

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