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IAC187-251200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

106 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA.



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* AT 104 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY   RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN FORT DODGE. 



* 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...FORT DODGE...BADGER...CALLENDER...CLARE...DUNCOMBE...FORT

  DODGE REGIONAL AIRPORT...LEHIGH...MOORLAND...OTHO AND VINCENT.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAYS 20 AND 169.  ALSO 

WATER OVER HIGHWAY 7.



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.



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 4261 9440 4227 9433 4230 9397 4262 9401



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