BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1257 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 1254 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INDIANOLA…ALBIA…AND CHARITON.

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNING
AREA…WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS…AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.