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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

659 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...

  NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 653 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR 

  ESTIMATES SHOW ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN THIS MORNING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  BRIDGEWATER AND PRESCOTT.  STREAMS AND CREEKS INCLUDED ARE THE

  MIDDLE NODAWAY RIVER...BROWN BRANCH AND EAST NODAWAY RIVER.



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.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4116 9492 4116 9471 4138 9470 4116 9437

      4116 9448 4091 9448 4090 9465



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