BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
950 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 947 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR…WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED.

* FLASH FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY IN CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE WARNED AREA…BUT IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS TOO. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…ALGONA…BANCROFT…BRITT…BUFFALO CENTER…FOREST CITY…GARNER AND LAKE MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.