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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

616 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

  NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

  SOUTHEASTERN SAC COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 612 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS 17 MILES SOUTHEAST

  OF LAKE VIEW...OR ABOUT 43 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNING

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

  2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING MAINLY IN 

  RURAL LOCATIONS AND NEAR HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF CARROLL.



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 4236 9522 4207 9510 4206 9464 4219 9464

          4226 9479 4235 9488



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