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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

853 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

  GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



* AT 849 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STUART...

  PANORA AND GUTHRIE CENTER.



AT 848 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER OVER WHITEPOLE ROAD...OLD 

HIGHWAY 6...BETWEEN ADAIR AND CASEY.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR ALSO ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA SINCE 600 PM.



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 4122 9470 4137 9427 4182 9430 4168 9472



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