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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

921 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT.



* AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

 VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.   

 RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS INDICATE THAT BETWEEN  

 TWO TO THREE...POSSIBLY UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

 WARNED AREA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODBURN.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4079 9401 4098 9402 4102 9402 4103 9358

      4083 9356 4081 9357

TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9382



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