BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1017 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 1016 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL EXITING THE WARNED AREA. TWO OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH THESE STORMS IN ONE HOUR.

* 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…EMMETSBURG AND ESTHERVILLE.

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.