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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

951 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DODGE...



* UNTIL 345 PM CST



* AT 948 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE ICE JAM 

ALONG THE DES MOINES RIVER CAUSING WATER TO BACKUP AN MOVE INTO 

RESIDENTIAL AREAS. FLASH FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS IS LIKELY FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF TODAY. QUICK RISES UPSTREAM OF ANY JAMMED ICE CAN BE 

EXPECTED.



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

DODGE AREA.



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 4248 9420 4253 9423 4258 9423 4258 9418

      4250 9417 4244 9411 4242 9416



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