433 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY AND TAYLOR COUNTY, UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.

* AT 432 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… BEDFORD…LENOX…NEW MARKET…CLEARFIELD…BLOCKTON…GRAVITY… SHARPSBURG…REDDING…BENTON…CONWAY…MALOY…DELPHOS… ATHELSTAN…LAKE OF THREE FIRES STATE PARK AND BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 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.