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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

727 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES...

  STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 722 AM 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 GRIMES...

  WOODWARD...STORY CITY...POLK CITY...PERRY...OGDEN...NEVADA...

  MADRID...JOHNSTON...HUXLEY...DALLAS CENTER...BOONE...BONDURANT...

  ANKENY AND AMES



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4182 9427 4185 9415 4220 9415 4218 9326

      4187 9324 4187 9336 4153 9336 4152 9394

      4153 9424

TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 180DEG 0KT 4166 9405



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