BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1054 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 1050 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.
AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE
STORMS…AND IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
DES MOINES…WEST DES MOINES…INDIANOLA…NORWALK…OSCEOLA…
CARLISLE…PLEASANTVILLE…AVENUE OF THE SAINTS EVENT CENTER…
MILO…HARTFORD…MURRAY…ST. CHARLES…NEW VIRGINIA…TRURO…
MARTENSDALE…LACONA…CUMMING…PATTERSON…ST. MARYS AND EAST
PERU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT…LON 4117 9401 4151 9384 4151 9349 4150 9344
4151 9342 4149 9342 4150 9340 4149 9340
4149 9336 4150 9335 4148 9334 4151 9333
4151 9317 4105 9344 4104 9401

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