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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

641 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CST



* AT 626 PM CST...AN ICE JAM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE RACCOON 

RIVER BASIN THIS EVENING AND IS PRODUCING A QUICK 5 TO 7 FOOT RISE 

IN RIVER LEVELS OVER A 2 TO 4 HOUR PERIOD. THE ICE JAM IS JUST NOW 

MOVING BY THE FLEUR DRIVE AREA AND WILL MOVE INTO THE DES MOINES 

RIVER BASIN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WATER WILL BACK UP AND QUICKLY 

RISE BEHIND THIS JAM. RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE RACCOON RIVER WILL THEN 

DROP ONCE THE JAM MOVES INTO THE LARGER DES MOINES RIVER BASIN. 

FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS 

ALONG THE RACCOON RIVER EAST OF VAN METER TO DOWN TOWN DES MOINES 

WHERE THE RACCOON AND DES MOINES RIVERS MEET OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4154 9392 4155 9385 4156 9378 4159 9368

      4159 9359 4156 9358 4154 9368 4152 9376

      4151 9385 4151 9393



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