BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
720 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT SATURDAY

* AT 718 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE AS HIGH AS 3.5 TO 4.5 INCHES OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…MASON CITY AND MANLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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