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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1133 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

  SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.



* AT 1131 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN FELL NEAR SCHALLER FROM AN EARLIER THUNDERSTORM THAT PASSED 

ACROSS NORTHERN SAC COUNTY.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

REDEVELOPING WEST OF SAC AND CALHOUN COUNTIES WHICH COULD PRODUCE 

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE WATER 

ON ROADWAYS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SCHALLER...NEMAHA...SAC CITY...JOLLY AND ROCKWELL CITY.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



LAT...LON 4256 9445 4247 9445 4246 9442 4230 9443

      4222 9533 4248 9533 4249 9538 4257 9540

TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 180DEG 0KT 4240 9511



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