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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1130 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1126 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING...RESULTING IN   

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES HAVE AVERAGED 1 TO 3 INCHES 

  PER HOUR. THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE SITES FOR FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE 

  WELDON RIVER...JONATHAN CREEK...AND LONG CREEK IN DECATUR 

  COUNTY...AND STEEL CREEK...DICK CREEK...AND NINEMILE CREEK IN 

  WAYNE COUNTY.  ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE AS INTENSE AS RECENT RAINS...

  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE REDEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST

  IOWA AND MAY IMPACT THE WARNING AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING      

  HOURS.  TOTAL EVENT RAINS MAY REACH THREE OR FOUR INCHES OVERNIGHT.



OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE...

ALLERTON...CLIO...CORYDON...DAVIS CITY...DECATUR CITY...GARDEN

GROVE...GRAND RIVER...HUMESTON...LAMONI...LAMONI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...

LE ROY...LEON...MILLERTON...PROMISE CITY...SEYMOUR...VAN WERT AND

WELDON



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 4089 9311 4060 9313 4059 9403 4089 9401



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