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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

502 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 457 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED       

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER EASTERN DAVIS  

  COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



  WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE FLORIS AND PULASKI



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING

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

  1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG     

  THE CHEQUEST CREEK...SALT CREEK...SOAP CREEK...FOX RIVER...BURR    

  OAK CREEK...AND HICKORY CREEK.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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 4089 9243 4060 9239 4061 9221 4089 9221



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