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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE

917 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 915 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS

  SHELBY COUNTY THIS EVENING WITH RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES

  AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...DEFIANCE...EARLING...HARLAN...

IRWIN...KIRKMAN...PANAMA...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL. THIS

INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4187 9511 4152 9507 4152 9550 4186 9557



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