WARREN IA-MARION IA-WAYNE IA-DALLAS IA-MADISON IA-LUCAS IA-
GUTHRIE IA-MONROE IA-CLARKE IA-POLK IA-APPANOOSE IA-GREENE IA-
1154 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

…A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WARREN…MARION…NORTHEASTERN WAYNE…DALLAS…MADISON…LUCAS…NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE…MONROE…NORTHEASTERN CLARKE…POLK…
APPANOOSE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES…

AT 1140 AM CDT…WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS…OFTEN IN EXCESS OF FIVE
INCHES FELL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS FROM CARROLL COUNTY…THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN DES MOINES METRO AREA…INTO MONROE COUNTY.  MANUAL OBSERVATIONS REPORTED AS MUCH AS 7.25 INCHES JUST SOUTH OF DAWSON…AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY HAVE EXCEED  EIGHT INCHES. MANY SECONDARY…AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS CONTINUE TO BE
FLOODED AND CLOSED. SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT.

IN THE DES MOINES METRO AREA…WALNUT CREEK IS CURRENTLY RECEDING AT  ALL LOCATIONS WITH NO FURTHER RISES ANTICIPATED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
DES MOINES…WEST DES MOINES…ANKENY…URBANDALE…JOHNSTON…
CLIVE…INDIANOLA…ALTOONA…WAUKEE…PELLA…NORWALK…PLEASANT
HILL…GRIMES…PERRY…KNOXVILLE…CENTERVILLE…WINTERSET…
OSCEOLA…CHARITON AND ALBIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.  MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED  ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.