BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 125 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN PROGRESS ACROSS…OR SOON TO ENTER…THE WARNED
AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING UP TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN PER HOUR. RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MASON CITY…ESTHERVILLE…ALGONA…FOREST CITY…EMMETSBURG…
GARNER…NORTHWOOD…LAKE MILLS…BRITT…NORA SPRINGS…MANLY…
EMMONS…INGHAM LAKE…CLEAR LAKE…SMITH POOL…EAGLE LAKE…FIVE
ISLAND LAKE…IOWA LAKE…HIGH LAKE AND RICE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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

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LAT…LON 4350 9303 4304 9302 4304 9491 4350 9492

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