BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
103 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 1257 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS FALLING IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND DITCHES TO OVERFLOW.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…ALGONA…BRITT…EMMETSBURG AND GARNER.

NEW MEDIA REPORTS LOW LAND FLOODING NORTHWEST OF EMMETSBURG AS OF 100 AM. THE PALO ALTO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER BEGINNING TO CROSS HIGHWAY 18 WEST OF EMMETSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA…ESPECIALLY FROM ALGONA TO SOUTH OF BRITT.

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