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WGUS53 KDMX 250048

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IAC157-250630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

747 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 130 AM



* AT 745 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 1TO 2   

INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE   SMALL 

STREAMS AND CREEKS.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

BROOKLYN...DEEP RIVER...GRINNELL...GUERNSEY...HARTWICK...MALCOM...

MONTEZUMA AND SEARSBORO



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 4186 9231 4153 9236 4155 9275 4186 9273



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