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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1147 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA.



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT.



* AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



* 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...LAKE CITY...MANSON...ROCKWELL CITY...JOLLEY   

  ...LOHRVILLE...RINARD...ROCKWELL CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND YETTER.



SCATTERED REPORTS FROM NWS SPOTTERS HAVE INDICATED THE BEGINNING OF 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND MORE RAIN EXPECTED 

OVERNIGHT THIS COULD EASILY BECOME A DANGEROUS SITUATION.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4253 9447 4224 9445 4223 9484 4255 9489



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