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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

120 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 715 AM



* AT 116 AM...THE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD   

PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL

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

  AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH 

  IN ALL LOW LYING AREAS.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

BUFFALO CENTER...FOREST CITY...GARNER...LAKE MILLS...LELAND...RAKE...

SCARVILLE AND THOMPSON



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 4351 9349 4304 9351 4306 9374 4324 9374

          4325 9397 4349 9397

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