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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1209 AM CDT MON APR 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

  RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 1207 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED      

  SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS MOVING INTO 

  THE WARNED AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 4 AM.



  WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE BEDFORD...LENOX...MOUNT AYR AND LAMONI



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING

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

  1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH LOCAL ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4   

  INCHES.  THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE SMALLER        

  TRIBUTARIES AND CREEKS OF THE GRAND AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWO RIVERS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH...THE ROAD MAYBE WASHED OUT.



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 4089 9490 4061 9491 4061 9360 4087 9358



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