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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

502 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 1100 PM



* AT 500 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.



* 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. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE   SMALL 

STREAMS AND LOCAL CREEKS.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ADEL...DALLAS CENTER...DAWSON...DE SOTO...DEXTER...EARLHAM...EAST

PERU...MACKSBURG...MINBURN...PATTERSON...PERRY...PERRY MUNICIPAL

AIRPORT...REDFIELD...TRURO...VAN METER...WAUKEE...WINTERSET AND

WINTERSET MADISON COUNTY 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 4184 9384 4117 9382 4118 9424 4184 9426



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