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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

611 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MASON CITY...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 610 PM 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 CLEAR 

LAKE...BRITT...AND GARNER.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED MORE THAN TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH AROUND AN INCH 

OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4325 9303 4292 9303 4291 9398 4325 9398

TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 180DEG 0KT 4313 9344



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