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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

514 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALLISON...OR ABOUT 24 MILES

  SOUTH OF CHARLES CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



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.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4285 9297 4289 9258 4259 9259 4259 9298

TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 272DEG 90KT 4273 9268



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