BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
730 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 727 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED
AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS
PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.

THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS MAXIMIZED IN THE AREAS WHICH RECEIVED
HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER. THIS INCLUDES THE SOUTH SIDE OF DES
MOINES.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…DES
MOINES…INDIANOLA…ADEL…ALTOONA…ANKENY…BONDURANT…
CARLISLE…CLIVE…DALLAS CENTER…DE SOTO…EARLHAM…GRIMES…
JOHNSTON…NORWALK…PLEASANT HILL…STUART…URBANDALE…WAUKEE…
WEST DES MOINES AND WINDSOR HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.