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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

943 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA



  THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.



* UNTIL 330 PM



* AT 935 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD   

PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 

SOUTH OF AREDALE THROUGH ALLISON..TO JUST SOUTH OF SHELL ROCK. THESE 

STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING...RESULTING IN   

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE ONE TO ONE AND A 

HALF INCHES AN HOUR. RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. THIS WILL PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE MCCLURE CREEK WEST OF SHELL ROCK AND BOYLAN 

CREEK SOUTHEAST OF AREDALE.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ALLISON...APLINGTON...AREDALE...BRISTOW...CLARKSVILLE...DUMONT...

GREENE...NEW HARTFORD...PARKERSBURG AND SHELL ROCK





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 4292 9256 4256 9257 4255 9304 4291 9302



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