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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

621 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 617 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET 

FLOODING IN EAGLE GROVE FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

ADDITIONALLY UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN 

IN ROWAN...WITH DITCHES REPORTED FULL AND WATER POSSIBLY IMPACTING 

SOME RURAL ROADS IN THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...BETWEEN ONE TO TWO MORE 

INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING.



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



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 4268 9398 4280 9350 4256 9350 4257 9398

TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 180DEG 0KT 4269 9370



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