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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

259 AM CDT WED APR 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA.



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE                  

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN   

  HOUR FROM SOUTHEAST OF GUTHRIE CENTER TO NEAR MENLO. THE HEAVY     

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG TRIBUTATIES OF BRUSHY     

  CREEK AND THE RACOON RIVER.   



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4172 9430 4151 9427 4151 9457 4163 9449



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