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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1227 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DODGE...

  EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

  EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 1224 AM 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 WEBSTER

  CITY...JEWELL...IOWA FALLS AND GOWRIE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA AS NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE 

HIGHWAY 20 TO HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR.



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 4186 9441 4256 9446 4255 9324 4186 9324

TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 180DEG 0KT 4225 9412



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