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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1021 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT WEDNESDAY



* AT 1019 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   WARNED AREA.  

RAINFALL OF 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES IS LIKELY.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MASON

  CITY...BRITT...BUFFALO CENTER...CLEAR LAKE...FOREST CITY...

  GARNER...LAKE MILLS...MANLY...NORTHWOOD AND ROCKWELL.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



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.



THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORIES THAT 

WERE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THESE COUNTIES.



LAT...LON 4347 9307 4294 9308 4296 9394 4347 9396



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