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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

127 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 126 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED           

  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA   

  LAST EVENING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT     

  WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE WARNED  

  AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTSIDE...

  VAIL...SCHLESWIG...RICKETTS...KIRON...DELOIT AND CHARTER OAK.



FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 141 WEST OF CHARTER OAK. IN 

ADDITION...FLOODING IN AND AROUND DOW CITY...SCHLESWIG AS WELL AS 

WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 30 SOUTHWEST OF DOW CITY. 



OTTER CREEK NEAR KIRON CONTINUES TO FLASH FLOOD OUT OF ITS BANKS 

AND MAY BE AFFECTING MANY SECONDARY ROADS.  



ALTHOUGH THERE IS A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAINFALL RIGHT 

NOW...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES LATER 

TONIGHT 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.



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 4221 9568 4221 9510 4190 9509 4186 9510

      4186 9568

TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 180DEG 0KT 4202 9536



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