BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
555 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY

* AT 554 PM CDT…STORMS OVER WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY HAVE PRODUCED A RADAR INDICATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

* FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CLARKE…NORTHWESTERN LUCAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES…INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF CHARITON AIRPORT…LACONA…LUCAS AND OSCEOLA AIRPORT.

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.