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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1148 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

  CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

  SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 1146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED   FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE WARNED AREA AND ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST.



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

  ROCKWELL CITY...ODEBOLT...MANSON...LAKE VIEW...LAKE CITY...GLIDDEN

  AND CARROLL



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER TODAY.



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 4256 9446 4247 9445 4247 9441 4186 9439

      4186 9509 4221 9510 4221 9534 4248 9534

      4247 9539 4256 9540

TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 180DEG 0KT 4198 9483



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