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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1240 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 1237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY.



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

  ROCK...GREENE...CLARKSVILLE AND ALLISON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS 

A CULVERT COLLAPSED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING...AND 

RENEWED FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.



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.



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 4292 9301 4291 9256 4278 9256 4277 9255

      4265 9255 4261 9302

TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 180DEG 0KT 4270 9283



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