Urban & Small Stream Flood Advisory: Montgomery/Mills/Fremont Counties
April 14th, 2012 by Ric Hanson
212 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 206 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE RANDOLPH. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER…SILVER CREEK…HUNTER BRANCH…DEER CREEK…SPRING VALLEY CREEK…MULE CREEK AND WALNUT CREEK.ECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.