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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.

* AT 115 AM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONGOING
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO LOW
LYING AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 2 EAST OF CENTERVILLE…1 TO 2 MILES
WEST OF THE INTERSECTION WITH COUNTY ROAD T 61…HAD WATER OVER
THE ROAD.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELDON…
CENTERVILLE AND BLOOMFIELD.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOODING WARNING IN EFFECT
FOR A SMALL PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY…AND CENTRAL
APPANOOSE COUNTY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ALREADY OVER PORTIONS
OF THE WARNING AREA…AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
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.