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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

522 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

  SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

  SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO 

  ENTERING THE WARNED AREA FROM THE WEST. RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES OR 

  MORE HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND ANOTHER 2 OR MORE INCHES MAY FALL 

  OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  ADEL...DE SOTO...EARLHAM...STUART AND WAUKEE.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 4139 9455 4158 9454 4158 9424 4167 9382

      4160 9382 4159 9379 4138 9380



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