BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1157 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1150 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR PROMISE
CITY EASTWARD TO CENTERVILLE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PROMISE
CITY…PLANO AND MYSTIC.

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.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.