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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

821 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES

  STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

  CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

  GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

  GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 1215 AM



* AT 816 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.



* STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PERRY AND REDFIELD AND OVER   

  SOUTHERN STORY COUNTY. TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE   

  SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 AND INTERSTATE 

  80 CORRIDORS...AFFECTING MANY URBAN AREAS. 



* THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY RAINFALL...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN 

  WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. 

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2     

  INCHES PER HOUR. 



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 4203 9509 4149 9510 4157 9280 4219 9277

          4222 9463



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