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IAC109-090300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

600 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* AT 552 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN 

KOSSUTH 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...ALGONA...BANCROFT...ALGONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BURT...

  FENTON...LAKOTA...LEDYARD...LONE ROCK...SWEA CITY...TITONKA...

  WESLEY AND WHITTEMORE.



URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITIES OF ALGONA AND BURT.



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 4347 9399 4292 9400 4292 9444 4348 9444



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