

000 

WGUS53 KDMX 050421

FFWDMX

IAC003-175-051030-

/O.EXT.KDMX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080605T1030Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1117 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 1112 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

THAT WAS TO EXPIRE AT 1130 PM. 



SEVERE FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. PORTION OF NORTHERN 

ADAMS AND UNION COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES ON RAIN DUE TO 

A VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MORE HEAVY 

RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE 

INCHES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 



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 4093 9494 4116 9494 4116 9402 4093 9402

TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 180DEG 0KT 4100 9475



$$



RUSSELL

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000 

WGUS53 KDMX 050421

FFWDMX

IAC003-175-051030-

/O.EXT.KDMX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080605T1030Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1117 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 1112 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

THAT WAS TO EXPIRE AT 1130 PM. 



SEVERE FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. PORTION OF NORTHERN 

ADAMS AND UNION COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES ON RAIN DUE TO 

A VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MORE HEAVY 

RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL MORE 

INCHES. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 



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 4093 9494 4116 9494 4116 9402 4093 9402

TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 180DEG 0KT 4100 9475



$$



RUSSELL

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