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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

945 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 330 PM CST



* THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY 

ABOUT 20 MPH. 



* RAINFALL OVER AN INCH HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY 

OVERNIGHT AND RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.



THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT IN THE 

WARNING AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF 

INTO SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. OLD HIGHWAY 34 NEAR SMOKY HOLLOW AND NEAR 

THE TWIN BRIDGE AREA ARE REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE UNDER 

WATER AT THIS TIME.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU 

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...LIVING NEAR THE AFFECTED WATERWAYS...YOU 

SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



LAT...LON 4090 9310 4092 9268 4113 9265 4114 9308



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