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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1212 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT



* AT 1209 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED     

  FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER DUE TO  

  AN ICE JAM JUST SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD.



* LOCATIONS NEAR 420TH AVENUE AND BURR OAK ROAD CAN EXPECT RAPID     

  INUNDATION FROM THIS FLOODING.  OTHER LOCATIONS UPSTREAM FROM THE

  ICE JAM WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS.  



IF THE ICE JAM BREAKS...ADDITIONAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED 

DOWNSTREAM FROM THE JAM TO THE COUNTY BORDER NEAR 430TH AVENUE.  



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481



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