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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

846 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES

  STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 245 AM



* AT 845 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL INTO  

  SOUTHWEST IOWA RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES     

  WILL AVERAGE 1 INCH PER HALF HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH         

  FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNING AREA



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ALLEMAN...ALTOONA...AMES...AMES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ANKENY...ANKENY

REGIONAL AIRPORT...BONDURANT...CAMBRIDGE...COLO...DES MOINES

MORNINGSTAR AIRPORT...ELKHART...GILBERT...HUXLEY...JOHNSTON...

KELLEY...MAXWELL...MCCALLSBURG...MITCHELLVILLE...NEVADA...PLEASANT

HILL...POLK CITY...ROLAND...SAYLORVILLE...SHELDAHL...SLATER...STORY

CITY...URBANDALE...WEST DES MOINES...WINDSOR HEIGHTS AND ZEARING



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 4153 9378 4152 9335 4187 9335 4219 9325

          4221 9368



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