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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1146 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DODGE...



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL          

  AND NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT DODGE

  AIRPORT...VINCENT...DUNCOMBE...CLARE...BARNUM AND BADGER.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT 

WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR WEBSTER COUNTY.



RADAR ESTIMATES AND GAGE REPORTS INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ALREADY...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 4265 9444 4264 9398 4246 9398 4247 9393

      4221 9394 4220 9441 4242 9442 4247 9441

      4248 9445

TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 180DEG 0KT 4246 9418



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