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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

405 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA



  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  BEACON...FREMONT...KEOMAH VILLAGE...LEIGHTON...NEW SHARON...

  OSKALOOSA...ROSE HILL AND UNIVERSITY PARK



* UNTIL 1000 PM



* AT 358 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD

  PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL       

  CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT ONE TO THREE HOURS. RAINFALL RATES WILL   

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

  ALONG THE MUCHAKINOCK CREEK...MIDDLE CREEK...SAINT JOSEPH CREEK

  AND TRIBUTARIES TO THE SOUTH SKUNK RIVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 



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 4150 9242 4118 9243 4117 9287 4148 9287



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