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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1020 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 1012 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED      

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER EASTERN        

  DALLAS COUNTY AND WESTERN POLK COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



  WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE CLIVE...GRIMES...JOHNSTON...POLK CITY...

  URBANDALE...WAUKEE AND WINDSOR HEIGHTS



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING

  AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE

  1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG     

  WALNUT CREEK. CREST FORECASTS FOR WALNUT CREEK WILL BE ISSUED SOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH 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 4176 9401 4154 9397 4158 9368 4180 9368



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