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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

629 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

  ADEL...BOUTON...DALLAS CENTER...DAWSON...DE SOTO...MINBURN...

  PERRY...REDFIELD...VAN METER...WAUKEE AND WOODWARD



* UNTIL 1230 AM



* AT 622 PM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN DALLAS CENTER AND

  ALONG HIGHWAY 44. WATER UP TO HEADLIGHTS OF CARS HAS BEEN REPORTED.



* RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS HAS BEEN REPORTED AND

  ESTIMATED BY RADAR.



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 4187 9382 4151 9381 4151 9425 4185 9427



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