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IAC049-130230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

635 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 930 PM



* AT 632 PM...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING   

  EXPECTED TO INCREASE...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR DALLAS CENTER...AND  

  OVER EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY.  RAINFALL ESTIMATED OF AROUND ONE INCH 

  IN THE LAST HOUR HAS BEGUN TO RUNOFF ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.  

  EMERGENCY MANAGMENT ALSO REPORTS WATER RUNNING OFF FROM            

  FIELDS...AND DITCHES ALREADY FULL...WILL LEAD TO SHORT TERM        

  FLASH FLOODING ON AREA ROADS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 44 AND COUNTY     

  ROADS IN EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

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

REDFIELD...VAN METER AND WAUKEE



FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE

THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...THE ROAD SURFACE MAY BE WASHED OUT.

LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF

THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4185 9429 4152 9423 4153 9382 4185 9384



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