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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1209 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1158 PM...THE EMMET COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

  ALONG HIGHWAY 9 WEST OF ESTHERVILLE WITH 2 FEET OF WATER STANDING

  ON THE ROAD.  



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING       

  AREA RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.  RAINFALL RATES MAY

  CONTINUE TO EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR...AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 

  OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR ESTHERVILLE

  SINCE 700 PM.  SOLDIER CREEK...BROWN CREEK...AND OTHER SMALLER

  TRIBUTARIES IN THE EAST AND WEST FORKS OF THE DES MOINES RIVER

  BASIN MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING.  THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE...

  DOLLIVER...AND GRUVER MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED.

  

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 4348 9491 4326 9492 4327 9447 4349 9447



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