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WGUS53 KDMX 282338

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IAC187-290545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

638 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.



* AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  MOORLAND...LEHIGH...DUNCOMBE AND CALLENDER.



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.



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 4243 9442 4249 9397 4225 9399 4223 9437

TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 180DEG 0KT 4234 9438



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