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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

541M CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA.



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.



* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

EASTERN AND CENTRAL CRAWFORD 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...DENISON...MANILLA...ARION...ASPINWALL...BUCK GROVE...

  CHARTER OAK...DELOIT...DENISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...DOW CITY...

  KIRON...RICKETTS AND SCHLESWIG.



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 4220 9514 4187 9514 4187 9565 4220 9565



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