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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1036 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1032 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER MOUNT AYR...OR

  ABOUT 67 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20

  MPH.



* 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     

  SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS IN THE COUNT. RECENT SATELLITE ESTIMATES   

  INDICATE UP TO 4 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE COUNTY.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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 4066 9445 4060 9404 4086 9407 4087 9441



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