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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

741 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

  BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 1215 AM



* AT 738 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING...RESULTING IN         

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES      

  PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG MOST LOW LYING    

  ROADS...PUSHING SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR         

  BANKS.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ALLISON...ALLISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BRISTOW...CLARKSVILLE...

DENVER...DUMONT...FREDERIKA...GREENE...JANESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...

READLYN...SHELL ROCK...SUMNER...TRIPOLI...WAVERLY AND WAVERLY

MUNICIPAL 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 4291 9211 4266 9211 4257 9301 4294 9301



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