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IAC099-250615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

716 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 115 AM



* AT 714 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 

THREE   INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

BAXTER...COLFAX...KELLOGG...LAMBS GROVE...MINGO...NEWTON...NEWTON

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...PRAIRIE CITY...REASNOR...SULLY...SULLY MUNICIPAL

AIRPORT AND VALERIA



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 9284 4155 9284 4155 9332 4186 9336



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