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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1025 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA



* UNTIL 415 PM CST



* AT 1015 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL CREEKS IN THE   

  COUNTY...INCLUDING AVERY CREEK AND BUCKEYE CREEK...TO BE OUT OF    

  THEIR BANKS. RADAR AND OBSERVERS REPORTS ESTIMATE THAT 1 TO 2      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT TO CAUSE FLOODING       

  PROBLEMS.



* RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY AND LIKELY       

  CHANGE TO SNOW BY TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE-HALF TO ONE  

  INCH MAY FALL TODAY.



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 4092 9263 4095 9225 4115 9221 4114 9264



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