Ankeny Weather - Warnings / Advisories
Warnings & Advisories
FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 951 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 942 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 932 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 904 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 949 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
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
$$
MOYERFLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 942 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1145 PM CDT FOR DALLAS...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE AND WESTERN POLK
COUNTIES...
AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING FROM AUDUBON
TO DALLAS CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF
UP TO ONE A HALF INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN MEASURED UNDER THESE
STORMS...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED MINOR STREET
FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130 PM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON URBAN AND COUNTRY
ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4186 9510 4186 9381 4151 9378 4151 9506
4159 9506 4160 9510
$$
MOYERFLOOD 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
$$
MOYERTORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 904 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
ADEL...ALBIA...ATLANTIC...AUDUBON... BEDFORD...BLOOMFIELD...CENTERVILLE...CHARITON...CORNING... CORYDON...CRESTON...DES MOINES...GREENFIELD...GRINNELL... GUTHRIE CENTER...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...LAMONI...MOUNT AYR... NEWTON...OSCEOLA...OSKALOOSA...OTTUMWA AND WINTERSET. $$
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 949 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARREN AND POLK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 946 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER CONDITIONS
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS INCLUDING DIME SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY STILL OCCUR IN THE WARNED AREA
THROUGH 1100 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4126 9378 4146 9380 4159 9379 4160 9382
4167 9383 4179 9382 4184 9341 4132 9333
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 313DEG 32KT 4146 9336
$$
SMALL