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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

640 PM CDT TUE JUN 23 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STREAM PREDICTION MODELS 

  INDICATE THAT WALNUT CREEK AT I-80/35 WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 

  BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. WALNUT CREEK WILL CREST BETWEEN 

  11.5 AND 12 FEET BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM. FLOOD STAGE IS 11 FEET.



* FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ESPECIALLY ALONG WALNUT CREEK. SOME 

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DES 

  MOINES...CLIVE...URBANDALE...WEST DES MOINES AND WINDSOR HEIGHTS. 

  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN GRIMES.



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.



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LAT...LON 4157 9380 4159 9379 4160 9382 4167 9382

      4167 9371 4160 9363 4158 9361 4152 9380



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