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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

741 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DODGE...



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUED TO TRACK        

  NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT DODGE

  AIRPORT...VINCENT...OTHO...MOORLAND...LEHIGH...DUNCOMBE...CLARE...

  CALLENDER...BARNUM AND BADGER.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN 

INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 900 PM CDT.



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.



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 4264 9397 4248 9397 4247 9393 4221 9394

      4221 9441 4247 9441 4247 9445 4265 9445

      4265 9400

TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 180DEG 0KT 4233 9420



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