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Flash Flood Warning for Boone, Carroll and Greene Counties until 4:30am

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1029 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 1027 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OR MORE OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN SO FAR THIS EVENING WITH MORE EXPECTED AS STORMS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA . FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
BOONE…CARROLL…JEFFERSON…MADRID…OGDEN…GLIDDEN…BOONE
SPEEDWAY…GRAND JUNCTION…SCRANTON…ARCADIA…BREDA…CHURDAN…
SHELDAHL…RIPPEY…HALBUR…PATON…BOXHOLM…LIDDERDALE…PILOT
MOUND AND LUTHER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

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.

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LAT…LON 4221 9505 4221 9370 4187 9370 4186 9417
4195 9429 4194 9447 4188 9452 4202 9505

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CURTIS