BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
354 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 354 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN AT SOME LOCATIONS…AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…NORTH FABIUS RIVER…SOUTH FORK NORTH FABIUS RIVER…SOUTH WYACONDA RIVER…NORTH FORK NORTH FABIUS RIVER…CARTER CREEK…BATTEN BRANCH…BILLUPS BRANCH…NORTH WYACONDA RIVER…LITTLE FOX RIVER AND FOX RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.