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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

549 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

  SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 545 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA.

  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SAC...POCAHONTAS...AND CALHOUN         

  COUNTIES BETWEEN 6:15 AND 7:30 AM.



  WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE LAKE VIEW...MANSON...ODEBOLT...

  POCAHONTAS...ROCKWELL CITY AND SAC CITY



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

  AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO SWOLLEN

  WATERWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE       

  RAINFALL RATES 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH     

  FLOODING ALONG THE LIZARD CREEK...CEDAR AND LITTLE                 

  CEDAR CREEK...CAMP CREEK...WEST CREEK...LAKE CREEK...INDIAN        

  CREEK...AND ODEBOLT CREEK.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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 4287 9525 4226 9533 4229 9440 4290 9450



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