Flash Flood Watch until Monday afternoon
June 24th, 2013 by Ric Hanson
AREA COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-
341 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 4-p.m…..
* THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA…MAINLY BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 80 AND HIGHWAY 20…EARLY THIS MORNING. A SECOND
ROUND OF STORMS WILL ORIENTED MORE NORTH TO SOUTH LATER THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON BUT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL
AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS.
* RAINFALL RATES OF 2 OR MORE INCHES AN HOUR MAY CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
URBAN FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.