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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1135 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA.

  WESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA.



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT.



* AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR SOUTHEAST 

  OF AUDUBON AND NORTHEAST OF EXIRA. MORE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD IMPACT   

  THIS AREA THROUGH 1 AM. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING    

  EXIRA...GARNER  AND RURAL AREAS WEST OF AUDUBON. SMALL STREAM      

  BASINS INCLUDE DAVIS CREAK AND SEELY CREEK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4179 9454 4162 9447 4154 9503 4174 9508



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