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IAC123-250600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

655 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 100 AM



* AT 653 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...

BEACON...FREMONT...KEOMAH VILLAGE...LEIGHTON...NEW SHARON...

OSKALOOSA...OSKALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ROSE HILL AND UNIVERSITY

PARK



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 4151 9233 4117 9238 4119 9285 4148 9282



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