706 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. A RELATIVELY NARROW RIBBON OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

CRESTON…MOUNT AYR…CORNING…LENOX…DIAGONAL…PRESCOTT…

TINGLEY…CROMWELL…ARISPE…SHANNON CITY…KENT AND CRESTON

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.