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IAC013-230715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1022 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WATERLOO



* UNTIL 215 AM



* AT 1016 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS MOVING INTO BLACK 

HAWK COUNTY.



* THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING IN CENTRAL 

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

1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

WATERLOO METRO AREA.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...CEDAR FALLS...DUNKERTON...ELK RUN 

HEIGHTS...EVANSDALE...GILBERTVILLE...HUDSON...AND RAYMOND.



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 4264 9210 4232 9208 4231 9252 4261 9253



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