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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

923 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 919 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A RENEWED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING THE

  WARNED AREA.



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

  AND MOUNT AYR



MANY LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FOUR TO 

SIX INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT...AND THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING FROM 

THE NORTHWEST WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 

ONE INCH AT SOME LOCATIONS.



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.



LAT...LON 4060 9427 4075 9448 4116 9448 4116 9429

      4101 9402 4060 9402



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