201 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…SOUTHERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 159 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS LIKELY FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT…AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL NORTH OF ADAIR AND EAST OF EXIRA BY 4 AM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN CASS…SOUTHERN AUDUBON AND SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTIES…INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ANITA…BRAYTON…EXIRA AND KIMBALLTON. THE WARNING INCLUDES A LARGE STRETCH OF I-80.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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.