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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

953 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 949 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED

  AREA.



AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS INDICATE THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN SOUTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY...AROUND LAMONI...SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ENTERING THE AREA FROM THE 

NORTHWEST...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 4057 9402 4090 9402 4058 9356



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