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Flash Flood Watch Fremont-Pott.-Mills-Montgomery-Page Counties

Weather

July 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-

351 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7-PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 7-AM TUESDAY. 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE NEARLY SATURATED THE SOIL MAKING RUNOFF FROM HEAVIER RAIN MORE LIKELY. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH 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.