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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

539 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES



* UNTIL 1145 PM



* AT 507 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 CREEKS.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ALLEMAN...ALTOONA...ANKENY...ANKENY REGIONAL AIRPORT...BONDURANT...

CLIVE...DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...DES MOINES MORNINGSTAR

AIRPORT...ELKHART...GRIMES...JOHNSTON...MITCHELLVILLE...PLEASANT

HILL...POLK CITY...SAYLORVILLE...URBANDALE...WEST DES MOINES AND

WINDSOR HEIGHTS



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 4185 9335 4154 9336 4152 9378 4185 9381



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