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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

914 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 315 PM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 909 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST IOWA...MOVING SOUTHEAST   

  INTO THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING FLOODING HAS ALREADY         

  OCCURRED EARLIER IN WARREN COUNTY AND UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS     

  ESTIMATED BY RADAR OVER WESTERN MARION COUNTY 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  PLEASANTVILLE...PELLA...NORWALK...INDIANOLA AND CARLISLE



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE WARNING THAT WAS ALREADY IN 

EFFECT FOR WARREN COUNTY. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON 

MORNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 4117 9379 4150 9380 4151 9343 4149 9340

      4149 9333 4151 9333 4151 9290 4117 9288

      4116 9329

TIME...MOT...LOC 1414Z 180DEG 0KT 4136 9310



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