1222 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 1220 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NEAR THE WARNED AREA AND MORE ROUNDS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO COME THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FOUR PLUS INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE AREA ALREADY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… GUTHRIE CENTER…DALLAS CENTER…PANORA…LAKE PANORAMA… REDFIELD…BAYARD…BAGLEY…YALE…JAMAICA…LINDEN…DAWSON… LAKIN SLOUGH GAME MANAGEMENT AREA…SPRINGBROOK STATE PARK AND PERRY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

* ANOTHER TWO INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AS STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.