BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1010 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 1008 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ENTERING THE WARNED AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST…WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING…
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER
HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
DES MOINES…WEST DES MOINES…ANKENY…URBANDALE…JOHNSTON…
CLIVE…ALTOONA…WAUKEE…NORWALK…PLEASANT HILL…GRIMES…
PERRY…ADEL…WINDSOR HEIGHTS…CARLISLE…BONDURANT…POLK
CITY…SAYLORVILLE…DALLAS CENTER AND EARLHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT…LON 4186 9408 4186 9339 4151 9345 4150 9414

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