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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

150 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

  SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 147 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER ODEBOLT...OR

  ABOUT 54 MILES WEST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS SAC

  AND CALHOUN COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  2 TO 4 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN

  POSSIBLE.  TOTAL AMOUNTS OF RAIN WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH

  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.  CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE LAKE

  VIEW...WALL LAKE...SAC CITY...LYTTON...ROCKWELL CITY AND JOLLEY.



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 4254 9538 4222 9529 4223 9442 4254 9447



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