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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

901 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

  ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 200 AM



* AT 856 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING SLOWLY 

SOUTH...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 

ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER 

NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON AND ADAIR COUNTIES.



AT 903 PM EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM ADAIR TO JUST 

NORTHEAST OF WINTERSET. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF 

HIGHWAY 92. AS THE STORMS SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH...THE FLASH FLOOD 

POTENTIAL WILL SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MADISON AND ADAIR 

COUNTY.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ADAIR...BRIDGEWATER...EARLHAM...EAST PERU...FONTANELLE...

GREENFIELD...GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...MACKSBURG...ORIENT...

PATTERSON...ST. CHARLES...STUART...TRURO...WINTERSET AND WINTERSET

MADISON COUNTY AIRPORT



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 4150 9381 4118 9382 4116 9469 4150 9470



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