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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

201 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MASON CITY



* UNTIL 800 AM



* AT 156 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 IN THE COUNTY.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

CLEAR LAKE...PLYMOUTH...ROCK FALLS...ROCKWELL...SWALEDALE...THORNTON

AND VENTURA



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

THROUGH ANY FLOWING WATER...THE ROAD SURFACE MAY BE WASHED OUT.

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

THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4324 9304 4292 9305 4291 9351 4324 9349

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