BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
700 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 700 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA…WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…FORT DODGE…CLARION…DAKOTA CITY…EAGLE GROVE…GOWRIE…HUMBOLDT AND WEBSTER CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.