Flooding

Flash Flood Warning (Palo Alto and Kossuth) until 8:45pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
246 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 245 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN FROM PALO ALTO INTO KOSSUTH COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES
OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
EMMETSBURG…FIVE ISLAND LAKE…SMITH POOL…RUSH LAKE…SILVER
LAKE…BANCROFT…SWEA CITY…BURT…WHITTEMORE…TITONKA…
FENTON…LAKOTA…LONE ROCK…AYRSHIRE…LEDYARD…CYLINDER…
CURLEW…RODMAN…EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND KEARNEY STATE
PARK.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS…CULVERTS…CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.

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LAT…LON 4350 9398 4320 9397 4297 9457 4291 9491
4303 9489 4326 9453 4325 9444 4331 9444
4350 9413

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