BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
434 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 431 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 2
INCHES PER HOUR OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 90 MINUTES.

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

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.