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WGUS53 KDMX 240741

FFWDMX

IAC007-051-241345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

238 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  SOUTHERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT.



* AT 232 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING OCCURRING IN BLOOMFIELD WITH MANY CITY STREETS FLOODED...

  UP TO A FOOT DEEP...A STORAGE SHED IS FLOATING OFF ITS             

  FOUNDATION...AND ONE BACKYARD IS REPORTED FLOODED TO THE TOP OF 

  THE FENCE. BLOOMFIELD HAS RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE

  MIDNIGHT. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS ESTIMATED OVER THE SOUTHERN

  PORTIONS OF APPANOOSE AND DAVIS COUNTIES.



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

  AND BLOOMFIELD.



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. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS 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 4059 9310 4073 9310 4080 9219 4060 9219

      4058 9309

TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 180DEG 0KT 4068 9288



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VACHALEK

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000 

WGUS53 KDMX 240741

FFWDMX

IAC007-051-241345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

238 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  SOUTHERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT.



* AT 232 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING OCCURRING IN BLOOMFIELD WITH MANY CITY STREETS FLOODED...

  UP TO A FOOT DEEP...A STORAGE SHED IS FLOATING OFF ITS             

  FOUNDATION...AND ONE BACKYARD IS REPORTED FLOODED TO THE TOP OF 

  THE FENCE. BLOOMFIELD HAS RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE

  MIDNIGHT. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS ESTIMATED OVER THE SOUTHERN

  PORTIONS OF APPANOOSE AND DAVIS COUNTIES.



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

  AND BLOOMFIELD.



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. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS 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 4059 9310 4073 9310 4080 9219 4060 9219

      4058 9309

TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 180DEG 0KT 4068 9288



$$



VACHALEK

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