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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1159 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 1156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED   FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED     

  AREA. FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IS ALSO IN   

  EFFECT FOR LONGER TERM FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS   

  EVENING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  NORTHWOOD...LAKE MILLS AND BUFFALO CENTER...GRAFTON...MANLY AND    

  FERTILE.



  NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT   

  OR COVERED WITH WATER FROM FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS FROM         

  EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL LAST EVENING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 4326 9303 4326 9398 4327 9398 4349 9397

      4350 9303

TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 180DEG 0KT 4337 9352



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