BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
720 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 718 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.

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

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…
CHARITON RIVER…SOUTH FOX CREEK…SOUTH FORK CHARITON RIVER…WALNUT CREEK…CARLS CREEK…COOPER CREEK…SHOAL CREEK…NORTH BLACKBIRD CREEK…LOCUST CREEK…BRUSH CREEK…SPRING CREEK…RATHBUN LAKE…LITTLE WALNUT CREEK…WOLF BRANCH…LITTLE SHOAL CREEK…CENTER BRANCH FOX RIVER…CARTER CREEK…NORTH FABIUS RIVER…FOX RIVER…
NORTH FOX CREEK AND PACKARD CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.