Flash Flood Warning for Adams & Taylor Counties
Weather
July 28th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
1015 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 1010 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED INDICATE THAT
FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CORNING...BEDFORD...LENOX...LAKE ICARIA...NEW MARKET...
CLEARFIELD...PRESCOTT...BLOCKTON...GRAVITY...NODAWAY...
SHARPSBURG...KENT...CONWAY...CARBON...CORNING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK...LAKE OF THREE FIRES STATE PARK AND
BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. LONG BRANCH CREEK...THE 102 RIVER AND
EAST NODAWAY RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES MAY BE ESPECIALLY
IMPACTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.