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WGUS53 KDMX 242343

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IAC181-250545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

642 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 100 AM



* AT 640 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...

ACKWORTH...HARTFORD...INDIANOLA...MARTENSDALE...MILO...SANDYVILLE...

SPRING HILL AND ST. MARYS



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 4147 9337 4121 9339 4120 9376 4148 9376



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