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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1220 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 1215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

  AND OBSERVATIONS FROM TRAINED SPOTTERS INDICATED THREE TO FIVE

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.

  A TRAINED SPOTTER 1 MILE WEST OF SEYMOUR REPORTED AROUND 5 INCHES

  IN HIS GAGE SINCE THE RAIN STARTED.



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

  ALLERTON AND SEYMOUR.  CREEKS AFFECTED INCLUDE WEST JACKSON 

  CREEK...LOCUST CREEK...WALNUT CREEK...NINE MILE CREEK AND OTHER

  TRIBUTARIES OF THE CHARITON 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.



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4068 9356 4089 9356 4090 9356 4090 9334

      4077 9310 4058 9310 4058 9337



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