Flash Flood Warning Shelby/Harrison/Pott Counties
June 30th, 2014 by Ric Hanson
1156 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 1154 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOST OF SHELBY COUNTY. EARLIER RAINS
HAVE SATURATED SOIL…THUS FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
HARLAN…AVOCA…WALNUT…ELK HORN…SHELBY…EARLING…IRWIN…
PERSIA…DEFIANCE…DUNLAP…PANAMA…HANCOCK…PORTSMOUTH…
WESTPHALIA…TENNANT…KIRKMAN…NISHNA BEND RECREATION AREA…ELK
HORN CREEK RECREATION AREA…PRAIRIE ROSE STATE PARK AND BOTNA BEND
PARK.
RAINFALL IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE HAS FALLEN ALREADY THIS
MORNING…WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.