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WGUS53 KDMX 242338

FFWDMX

IAC125-250545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

638 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 1245 AM



* 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 ONE TO TWO   

INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL 

STREAMS AND CREEKS.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

HARVEY...KNOXVILLE...KNOXVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...MARYSVILLE...

MELCHER-DALLAS...PELLA...PELLA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND PLEASANTVILLE



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 4149 9290 4117 9291 4118 9328 4148 9329



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