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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1108 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY...



* AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATLANTIC   

  AND CORNING.



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

WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN THE NEAR 

TERM...A LINE OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY INTENSE RAINFALL RATES 

THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT...WITH AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH 

POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM THIS RAIN...AND THE THREAT 

WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.



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 4116 9493 4091 9493 4090 9449 4116 9449

      4116 9471 4151 9471 4151 9516 4116 9517



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