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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

543 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA.

  PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA.



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.



* AT 541 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.  RAINFALL        

  REPORTS FROM THE COUNTIES RANGED FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 

  HOURS.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...AYRSHIRE...CURLEW...

  CYLINDER...DOLLIVER...EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...ESTHERVILLE

  MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...GRAETTINGER...GRUVER...RINGSTED AND RODMAN.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4294 9490 4295 9453 4350 9448 4345 9493



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