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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

656 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY.



* AT 654 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

  ON HIGHWAY 83...ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF WIOTA. 



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

  AIRPORT...MARNE AND ANITA.



THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING. SPECIFICALLY THE TURKEY CREEK AND 

ITS ASSOCIATED STREAMS ARE MORE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.   



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 4151 9471 4129 9471 4117 9516 4150 9516

TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 180DEG 0KT 4141 9481



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