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WGUS53 KDMX 020246

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IAC063-020830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

944 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL    

  HAS OCCURRED SO FAR.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. COUNTY ROADS IN AND NEAR ESTHERVILLE ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE   

  TO FLOODING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 4350 9446 4326 9446 4326 9490 4349 9490



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