BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1251 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 1249 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR.

* FLASH FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY IN TOWNS AND CITIES…BUT IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…DES MOINES…ADEL…ALTOONA…ANKENY…BONDURANT…CLIVE…DALLAS CENTER…GRIMES…GUTHRIE CENTER…JOHNSTON…MADRID…PANORA… PERRY…PLEASANT HILL…POLK CITY…URBANDALE…WAUKEE…WINDSOR HEIGHTS AND WOODWARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.