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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

850 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

  DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 839 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS OVER MUCH OF 

  MONROE AND APPANOOSE COUNTIES...WHICH WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE

  SOUTHEAST.  OTHER STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL IOWA MOVING

  SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE WARNING AREA AS WELL.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING

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

  AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED

  IN DAVIS AND WAPELLO COUNTY...AND WILL LIKELY SOON BEGIN IN 

  APPANOOSE AND MONROE COUNTIES.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR

  HAS ALREADY ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 TO 6 INCHES IN THESE AREAS WITH

  SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING.



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN 

EFFECT FOR WAPELLO AND DAVIS COUNTIES.  



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 4114 9310 4060 9310 4061 9220 4115 9219



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