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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

606 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 600 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

FROM RECENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLOWING WATER ONE 

FOOT DEEP WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER AT RAYMOND ROAD AND 

INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. DONALD STREET ALSO HAS WATER ACROSS IT IN A FEW 

PLACES...APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES NORTH OF THIS INTERSECTION. THESE 

AREAS ARE NORTH OF THE CITY OF RAYMOND...NEAR DEWAR...AND SOUTHWEST 

OF DUNKERTON. 



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



IN ADDITION...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NORTHWEST OF THE 

WARNED AREA AND NORTHWEST OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.  THESE STORMS MAY 

AFFECT THE COUNTY IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS CAUSING ADDITIONAL 

PROBLEMS.  



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4243 9231 4263 9231 4264 9208 4243 9208

TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 180DEG 0KT 4248 9233



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