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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

229 AM CDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA.



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT.



* AT 228 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED  

  OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY SINCE 1 AM. 



* 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...BEDFORD...LENOX...BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...CONWAY...

  GRAVITY...NEW MARKET AND SHARPSBURG.



HONEY CREEK AND PLATTE BRANCH ARE TWO STREAMS IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

AREA AND ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES OVER THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS. HIGHWAY 2 AND ADJACENT COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE 

MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL WATER CROSSING THE ROADWAYS FROM THESE 

STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DES

MOINES.



LAT...LON 4090 9491 4059 9491 4059 9450 4090 9450



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