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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

933 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 330 AM



* AT 922 PM...RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING

  HEAVY RAIN IN WESTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY...MOST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY

  AND EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH

  AT 5 MPH.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL 

  CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE

  UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. 



LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE...

ALEXANDER...BELMOND...COULTER...DOUGHERTY...DOWS...GALT...LATIMER...

MESERVEY...POPEJOY...ROCKWELL. ..ROWAN...SWALEDALE...THORNTON AND 

VENTURA.



FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AVOID WATER

COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF

FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 4326 9304 4256 9304 4256 9366 4291 9366

          4291 9351 4326 9350



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