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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

904 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 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...



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 900 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLEAR LAKE



AT 854 AM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED EVACUATIONS OCCURRING ALONG CHELSEA 

CREEK AND WINNEBAGO RIVER AREAS...AS WELL AS CARS BEING SWEPT OFF 

ROADS. 



EXTREME RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO DAY AND COMPOUND THE FLOOD 

SITUATION. THIS IS LIFE THREATENING...UNPRECEDENTED 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.



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 4324 9350 4325 9303 4291 9304 4292 9349

TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 180DEG 0KT 4307 9325



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