Ames Weather - Warnings / Advisories

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

AMES...BOONE...CARROLL...DENISON...
JEFFERSON...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...WATERLOO AND WAVERLY.
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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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