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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1021 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1019 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA
  FROM THE NORTHEAST WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS
  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE         
  EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED 
  ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DES
  MOINES...ALTOONA...ANKENY...BONDURANT...BROOKLYN...CLIVE...
  COLFAX...DALLAS CENTER...GRIMES...GRINNELL...JOHNSTON...MONROE...
  MONTEZUMA...NEWTON...PERRY...PLEASANT HILL...POLK CITY...PRAIRIE
  CITY...URBANDALE...WAUKEE...WEST DES MOINES...WINDSOR HEIGHTS AND
  WOODWARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 4151 9379 4167 9414 4186 9412 4186 9230
      4151 9229

$$

BEERENDS