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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

632 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM A THUNDERSTORM    

  OVER THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN LATIMER AND THE WESTERN COUNTY BORDER.



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

WHERE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS STREET FLOODING WITH 4 TO 5 

INCHES OF RUNNING WATER AT 620 PM CDT. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. SPRING CREEK 

MAY BE AT RISK TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

EXPECTED. 



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 4286 9350 4286 9303 4258 9303 4257 9350

TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 180DEG 0KT 4272 9328



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