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IAC151-090230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

534 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA.



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.



* AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.    

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE 

LAST HOUR AND HAS CAUSED STOME STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF ROLFE 

IN EASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY



* 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

  INCLUDE...LAURENS...POCAHONTAS...FONDA...HAVELOCK...PALMER...

  PLOVER...POCAHONTAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ROLFE AND VARINA.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4290 9447 4257 9446 4258 9491 4291 9491



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