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WGUS53 KDMX 090159

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IAC123-090800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

854 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW SHARON

  AND OSKALOOSA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY IMPACT 

MAHASKA COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT AS SEVERAL ROUND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH SOUTHEAST IOWA.  THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL 

BE IN ADDITION TO WHAT OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...AS WELL AS 

AROUND TWO INCHES WHICH ALREADY FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING IN A SHORT 

PERIOD OF TIME.



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.  AT 854 PM...AN AMATEUR RADIO 

OPERATOR REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINS JUST SOUTH OF OSKALOOSA.



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 4149 9285 4150 9243 4116 9245 4117 9286

TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 180DEG 0KT 4133 9249



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