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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

153 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WATERLOO...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 148 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 REINBECK...

  LA PORTE CITY...HUDSON...GRUNDY CENTER...EVANSDALE...ELDORA...

  CONRAD AND CEDAR FALLS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 4230 9206 4229 9230 4186 9230 4187 9324

      4255 9326 4254 9208

TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 180DEG 0KT 4220 9282



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