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WGUS53 KDMX 240827

FFWDMX

IAC051-179-241415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

322 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT.



* AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 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 ELDON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH 

THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN BY BY 5 AM 

CDT. RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 6.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED... 

WITH POCKETS OF UP TO 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE MOST 

SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR DRAKESVILLE...FLORIS...AND ELDON.  

BLOOMFIELD IN CENTRAL DAVIS COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 3.4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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 4078 9263 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218

TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



$$



VACHALEK

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000 

WGUS53 KDMX 240827

FFWDMX

IAC051-179-241415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

322 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT.



* AT 319 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 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 ELDON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH 

THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN BY BY 5 AM 

CDT. RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 6.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED... 

WITH POCKETS OF UP TO 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE PAST SIX HOURS. THE MOST 

SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR DRAKESVILLE...FLORIS...AND ELDON.  

BLOOMFIELD IN CENTRAL DAVIS COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 3.4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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 4078 9263 4116 9264 4115 9219 4079 9218

TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 180DEG 0KT 4091 9244



$$



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