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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1238 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 345 PM



* AT 1235 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 1 TO 2        

  INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG            

  TRIBUTARIES AND SMALL CREEKS ALONG THE NODAWAY AND ONE HUNDRED AND 

  TWO RIVER.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

CARBON...CORNING...CORNING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NODAWAY AND PRESCOTT



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 4113 9492 4092 9492 4092 9450 4114 9450



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