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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1120 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES...

  THIS INCLUDES THE FOUR MILE CREEK BASIN...

  SOUTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

  



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  CITY...JOHNSTON...COLFAX...BONDURANT AND ANKENY



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4117 9259 4116 9317 4154 9369 4185 9390

      4187 9335 4163 9300



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