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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

605 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 600 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.  WATER...

  POSSIBLY FROM THE BOYER RIVER...WAS OVER HIGHWAY 30 BETWEEN

  DOWS CITY AND DUNLAP.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH AND A HALF AN HOUR.

  RAINS OF THIS MAGNITUDE NORMALLY DO NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS...HOWEVER

  SOILS ARE VERY SATURATED AND CANNOT HOLD MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



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

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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 4220 9567 4220 9510 4187 9510 4187 9568

TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 180DEG 0KT 4204 9546



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