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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1257 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 1254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

INDIANOLA...ALBIA...AND CHARITON.



TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.



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.



LAT...LON 4115 9376 4142 9370 4141 9333 4101 9264

      4093 9264 4090 9264 4090 9316



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