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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

121 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  SOUTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.



* AT 115 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONGOING   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO LOW    

  LYING AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 EAST OF CENTERVILLE...1 TO 2 MILES     

  WEST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD T 61...HAD WATER OVER    

  THE ROAD.



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

CENTERVILLE AND BLOOMFIELD.



THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOODING WARNING IN EFFECT 

FOR A SMALL PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...AND CENTRAL 

APPANOOSE COUNTY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ALREADY OVER PORTIONS 

OF THE WARNING AREA...AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

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 4090 9328 4090 9265 4101 9265 4101 9218

      4061 9219 4059 9329



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