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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

741 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  EAST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT FRIDAY.



* AT 737 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  AND NEW SHARON.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF 

THE WARNING AREA TO INCLUDE ALL OF MAHASKA COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORT THAT WATER IS PROHIBITING TRAFFIC FROM OSKALOOSA 

AND ADVISES NO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY...REPEAT...TRAVEL 

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS NOT ADVISED. 



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.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4140 9299 4140 9285 4149 9278 4148 9244

      4118 9243 4123 9288 4123 9307

TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 180DEG 0KT 4128 9285



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