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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1120 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA...



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED

  AREA...ESTIMATING THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA IN ONLY ONE OR TWO HOURS.  LOCALLY HIGHER 

  AMOUNTS ARE QUITE POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OSKALOOSA

  AND OTTUMWA...AS WELL AS COMPETINE CREEK...CEDAR CREEK...AND

  COMSTOCK CREEK.



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 4105 9265 4116 9264 4116 9266 4132 9266

      4132 9242 4131 9240 4116 9241 4117 9220

      4116 9218 4093 9218

TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 180DEG 0KT 4109 9258



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