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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

412 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 409 AM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN      WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED     OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  AND ATLANTIC



IT IS LIKELY THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS 

OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE EARLIER WARNING. 

MORE FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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 4125 9514 4149 9515 4150 9426 4150 9425

      4116 9425 4116 9515 4125 9515

TIME...MOT...LOC 0912Z 180DEG 0KT 4130 9499



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