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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

347 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...



* UNTIL 945 PM CST



* AT 340 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM ICE JAMS ALONG THE IOWA RIVER UPSTREAM OF THE CITY OF 

TAMA. LOCATIONS OF MOST CONCERN INCLUDE THE IOWA RIVER AT COUNTY 

HIGHWAY E49...AS WELL AS THE IOWA RIVER UPSTREAM OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 

30 BRIDGE. QUICK RISES UPSTREAM OF ANY JAMMED ICE ARE LIKELY. IN 

ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN ADDITIONAL AREAS ALONG THE 

IOWA RIVER IN THE WARNED AREA...AS THE ICE JAMS BREAK UP AND FORM 

AGAIN.



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 4201 9277 4204 9277 4200 9268 4196 9259

      4194 9260 4197 9269



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