BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1259 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 1255 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR
MORE INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA…ON
TOP OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL EARLIER. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

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

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE
WARNED AREA. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS WALNUT CREEK ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE DES MOINES METRO AREA…WHICH IS EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

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.

&&

LAT…LON 4120 9287 4119 9327 4116 9329 4116 9382
4148 9424 4150 9424 4150 9429 4159 9439
4188 9416 4189 9373 4162 9335 4151 9333
4151 9320

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