Amboy Weather - Warnings / Advisories

TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 904 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

ADEL...ALBIA...ATLANTIC...AUDUBON...
BEDFORD...BLOOMFIELD...CENTERVILLE...CHARITON...CORNING...
CORYDON...CRESTON...DES MOINES...GREENFIELD...GRINNELL...
GUTHRIE CENTER...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...LAMONI...MOUNT AYR...
NEWTON...OSCEOLA...OSKALOOSA...OTTUMWA AND WINTERSET.
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FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 951 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING INTENSE RAINFALL IN A LINE
FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF DES MOINES TO EASTERN POWESHIEK
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE
AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN MEASURED UNDER THESE STORMS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON URBAN AND COUNTRY
ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4151 9230 4151 9241 4117 9242 4117 9380
      4154 9380 4153 9335 4186 9231
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MOYER

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FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 932 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1130 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN POWESHIEK...POLK...JASPER...SOUTHERN
STORY...SOUTHERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN TAMA COUNTIES...
AT 927 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM DES MOINES TO TAMA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN HEAVIEST IN POLK AND
SOUTHERN STORY COUNTIES WHERE RATES JUST OVER ONE AND A HALF INCHES
PER HOUR HAVE BEEN MEASURED. THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL WILL BE
ENDING SOON...BUT AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON URBAN AND COUNTRY
ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4187 9231 4153 9336 4154 9380 4186 9381
      4186 9371 4190 9370 4199 9335 4207 9232
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MOYER

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