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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

212 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 206 PM...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS

  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY.  GRAVEL ROADS WERE BEING OVERRUN WITH RUNNING

  WATER 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMAICA.  THE WATER WAS ESTIMATED TO RISE

  3 FEET IN 10 MINUTES.  3 MILES NORTH OF DAWSON AT COUNTY ROAD P46 AND

  320TH STREET...A CULVERT WAS RUNNING FULL WITH WATER WASHING OUT

  THE ROAD.



* THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY RAINFALL IN THE WARNING AREA.

  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED AND PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST FOR THE TIME

  BEING...BUT WATER LEVELS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO RUNOFF.



  THIS REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY

  IN EFFECT.



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 9464 4187 9463 4187 9419 4207 9418



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