BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
110 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 109 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL ACROSS THEWARNED AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR.

* FLASH FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY IN CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE WARNED AREA…BUT IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…CARLISLE…COLFAX…KNOXVILLE…MONROE…NEWTON…NORWALK…PLEASANTVILLE…PRAIRIE CITY AND WEST DES MOINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.

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.