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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1053 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WATERLOO...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 1048 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING OF THE PLEASANT CREEK IN DEWAR WAS 

REPORTED. THE FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY THREATEN LOW AREAS IN THE 

TOWN.



* FLASH FLOODING HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED IN WATERLOO OR CEDAR 

FALLS...BUT IT IS LIKELY. 



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. UP TO 

AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4231 9251 4263 9251 4264 9231 4264 9230

      4264 9215 4264 9209 4233 9209

TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 250DEG 43KT 4249 9257



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