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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1054 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1052 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS 5 MILES WEST OF     

  MARSHALLTOWN...OR ABOUT 44 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES                  

  MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.



  WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE STATE CENTER



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING

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

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

  STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGHOUT 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 4217 9325 4191 9319 4193 9280 4220 9287



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