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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

859 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 854 PM 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 WOODWARD...

  POLK CITY...MADRID AND ANKENY



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVATIONS 

FROM LOCAL RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH LOCALLY 

HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.  2.03 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES.  ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR MAY 

CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA LATER THIS EVENING.



BEAVER CREEK AND ADJACENT TRIBUTARIES MAY SEE WATER LEVELS RISE 

QUITE RAPIDLY.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4164 9390 4200 9416 4200 9375 4193 9370

      4186 9370 4186 9365 4164 9348

TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 180DEG 0KT 4169 9378



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