BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
557 AM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 555 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN TWO HOURS OR LESS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MARION AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…ALBIA AND KNOXVILLE.

SOME STREAMS AFFECTED INCLUDE WALNUT CREEK…NORTH CEDAR CREEK…AND CEDAR CREEK.

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.