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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

206 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



* AT 201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER  

  THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LAST EVENING IN AN AXIS SOUTHEAST OF A    

  LINE FROM MELCHER-DALLAS TO KNOXVILLE. A PELLA RAIN GAGE REPORTED  

  ONE INCH OF RAIN SINCE 1 AM...OR ONE INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES.



* THE HIGHEST FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE   

  COUNTY...THOUGH FLOODING COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4117 9333 4117 9288 4151 9288 4150 9333



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