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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

156 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 800 AM



* AT 151 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 ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING

  ALONG THE MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS ACROSS THE COUNTY.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ALBION...CLEMONS...FERGUSON...GILMAN...HAVERHILL...LAUREL...

LISCOMB...MARSHALLTOWN...MELBOURNE...RHODES...ST. ANTHONY AND STATE

CENTER



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 4220 9277 4186 9278 4186 9325 4222 9326

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