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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

151 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 141 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS 25 MILES WEST OF

  OGDEN...OR ABOUT 42 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING EAST AT

  20 MPH.



  WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE HUXLEY...MAXWELL...KELLEY..AND CAMBRIDGE.



* 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

  BEAVER CREEK...BIG CREEK...BALLARD CREEK...AND INDIAN CREEK

  BASINS...AS WELL AS OTHER SMALL TRIBUTARIES OF THE DES MOINES AND

  SOUTH SKUNK RIVER SOUTH OF BOONE AND AMES.



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 4206 9418 4187 9418 4188 9325 4208 9326



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