1004 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…NORTHERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… UNTIL 1200 PM CDT

* AT 959 AM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN PAGE COUNTIES THAT WAS BEGINNING TO CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…RED OAK…VILLISCA…ESSEX…STANTON…ELLIOTT…GRANT…COBURG…HEPBURN…PIERCE RECREATION AREA AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. WATER IS FILLING UP DRAINAGE DITCHES AND IS UP TO THE ROADWAY ALONG HIGHWAY 34 AND IN THE VIKING LAKE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…MIDDLE NODAWAY RIVER TRIBUTARY…WEST NODAWAY RIVER…SIN CREEK TRIBUTARY…MIDDLE NODAWAY RIVER…RAMP CREEK…TARKIO RIVER…EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER… LITTLE TARKIO CREEK…RED OAK CREEK…DUNNS CREEK…SEVENMILE CREEK…NEELE BRANCH…EAST TARKIO CREEK TRIBUTARY…CLARKS BRANCH… WEST NODAWAY RIVER TRIBUTARY…EAST TARKIO CREEK…SEVEN MILE CREEK TRIBUTARY…WOLF RUN AND WEST TARKIO CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.