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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

229 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  CENTRAL AND NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 222 PM...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH     

  FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS FROM POLK CITY EASTWARD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES

  NORTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



  WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE ALLEMAN...ELKHART...AND BAXTER.  



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING

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

  OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  THE CITY OF DES MOINES IS NOT DIRECTLY    

  AFFECTED...BUT FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG FOUR MILE CREEK.

  OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR NEAR ALLEMAN.



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 4186 9382 4161 9382 4164 9279 4185 9278



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