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IAC147-151-220130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

527 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 830 PM



* AT 522 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED       

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS MOVING INTO THE     

  WARNING AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS IN THE WARNED    

  AREA...WITH TRAINING LIKELY.  THIS WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE        

  RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3    

  INCHES PER HOUR. 



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

AYRSHIRE...CURLEW...CYLINDER...EMMETSBURG...EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL

AIRPORT...GRAETTINGER...HAVELOCK...LAURENS...MALLARD...PLOVER...

POCAHONTAS...POCAHONTAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...RODMAN...ROLFE AND

RUTHVEN



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 4324 9490 4270 9491 4271 9447 4324 9447



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