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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1029 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT FRIDAY.



* AT 1027 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  AND ALBIA.



WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS 3 FEET OF WATER RUNNING 

OVER COUNTY ROAD J22 EAST OF MILLERTON. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY 

RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA AND FLASH 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED AS MORE RAINFALL ENTERS THE AREA YET TONIGHT. 



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.



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 4115 9265 4076 9264 4068 9357 4106 9356

TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 180DEG 0KT 4093 9319



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