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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

349 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA.

  POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA.



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.



* AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS HAVE INDICATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL

  SO FAR IN SOUTHERN PALO ALTO INTO NORTHERN POCAHONTAS COUNTIES. 



* 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...LAURENS...AYRSHIRE...CURLEW...CYLINDER...HAVELOCK...     

  MALLARD AND PLOVER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 4324 9491 4258 9490 4257 9447 4324 9449



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