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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1122 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT MONDAY



* AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED   SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

  ENTERING THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF 

  PRODUCING AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THE GROUND 

  IS STILL MOIST FROM EARLIER RAINFALL...SO MUCH OF THE RAIN IS 

  EXPECTED TO RESULT IN RUNOFF.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  BEDFORD...CORNING AND LENOX.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



&&



LAT...LON 4057 9460 4057 9492 4058 9493 4072 9492

      4073 9494 4106 9494 4105 9448 4057 9449

      4057 9459



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