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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

825 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

AREA. A HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORM IS NOW OVER ADAMS COUNTY MOVING 

EAST AT 20 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

OVER THE NEXT ONE HOUR.



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 4093 9494 4116 9494 4116 9402 4093 9402

TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 180DEG 0KT 4100 9475



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