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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1044 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AND WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES

  GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 430 PM



* AT 1027 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.

  UP TO TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREAS WITH ANOTHER 1 TO

  2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH NOONTIME.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING...RESULTING IN

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1 INCH

  PER HOUR THROUGH MIDDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG

  WALNUT CREEK IN DALLAS AND POLK COUNTIES...HARDIN AND GREENBRIER

  CREEKS IN GREENE COUNTY AND TRIBUTARIES TO BEAVER CREEK IN BOONE

  AND POLK COUNTIES.  



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ADEL...ALLEMAN...ALTOONA...ANKENY...ANKENY REGIONAL AIRPORT...

BEAVER...BERKLEY...BONDURANT...BOUTON...CHURDAN...CLIVE...DALLAS

CENTER...DANA...DAWSON...DE SOTO...DES MOINES MORNINGSTAR AIRPORT...

ELKHART...GRAND JUNCTION...GRANGER...GRIMES...JEFFERSON...JEFFERSON

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...JOHNSTON...MADRID...MINBURN...OGDEN...PATON...

PERRY...PERRY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...PLEASANT HILL...POLK CITY...

REDFIELD...RIPPEY...SAYLORVILLE...SCRANTON...URBANDALE...VAN METER...

WAUKEE...WEST DES MOINES...WINDSOR HEIGHTS AND WOODWARD



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 4221 9417 4200 9393 4184 9369 4185 9337

          4153 9337 4151 9422 4188 9430 4189 9465

          4220 9465



COGIL



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