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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

744 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  SOUTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 145 PM CDT TUESDAY



* AT 741 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS        

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4082 9338 4063 9338 4058 9338 4057 9448

      4082 9435

TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 180DEG 0KT 4074 9434



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