BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
949 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
Western Cass County in southwestern Iowa…

* Until 345 AM CDT.

* At 948 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported heavy rain across
the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. Water was
reported over the road at 7th and Walnut, and 6th and Sunnyside in
Atlantic. Some vehicles were stalled with the roads impassable.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Atlantic, Griswold, Lewis, Marne, Griswold Park, Cold Springs State
Park and Atlantic Municipal Airport.

Additional rainfall amounts of up to an inch are possible in the
warned area.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 50 and 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.