BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1120 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DES MOINES…
THIS INCLUDES THE FOUR MILE CREEK BASIN…
SOUTHWESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 1116 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POLK
CITY…JOHNSTON…COLFAX…BONDURANT AND ANKENY

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.