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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

142 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT.



* AT 137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS    

  WARNING IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS WARNING ALREADY IN         

  EFFECT.  



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



RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREAS. UP TO 4.7 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS FALLEN AT AFTON IN UNION COUNTY.



THE UNION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS THAT WATER HAD BEEN OVER 

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS...BUT HAD RECEDED. MOST CREEKS REMAIN OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS...SOME TREES ARE BLOCKING SOME COUNTY ROADS. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY 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 4106 9449 4117 9404 4116 9403 4090 9402

      4075 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 180DEG 0KT 4099 9434



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