# Flash Flood Warning: Dallas, IA; Polk, IA — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-09-08 21:19 ingested 2026-09-09 02:50

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Flash Flood Warning — Dallas, IA; Polk, IA
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
At 919 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms, which had produced heavy rainfall between 1 and 3
inches across much of the warned area. Polk County public safety
agencies report that any poor drainage and low lying flooding has
ended. However, with additional storms likely moving over the area
through the rest of this evening, additional rainfall up to 1.5
inches is possible and may renew flooding in these poor drainage and
low lying areas.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Des Moines, West Des Moines, Ankeny, Urbandale, Johnston, Clive,
Altoona, Pleasant Hill, Grimes, Windsor Heights, Carlisle,
Bondurant, Polk City, Saylorville, Mitchellville, Adventureland
Amusement Park, Iowa State Fairgrounds and Prairie Meadows.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.