

000 

WGUS53 KDMX 240838

FFWDMX

IAC159-175-241430-

/O.NEW.KDMX.FF.W.0125.080724T0836Z-080724T1430Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

336 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 329 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN CRESTON HAVE MEASURED 3.83 INCHES OF RAIN

  SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES

  SHOWING UP TO 4.50 INCHES IN SPOTS.



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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 500 AM.



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 4060 9427 4075 9448 4116 9448 4116 9429

      4101 9402 4060 9402



$$



SMALL



000 

WGUS53 KDMX 240838

FFWDMX

IAC159-175-241430-

/O.NEW.KDMX.FF.W.0125.080724T0836Z-080724T1430Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

336 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 329 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

  AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN CRESTON HAVE MEASURED 3.83 INCHES OF RAIN

  SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES

  SHOWING UP TO 4.50 INCHES IN SPOTS.



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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 500 AM.



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 4060 9427 4075 9448 4116 9448 4116 9429

      4101 9402 4060 9402



$$



SMALL

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