THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 602 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THE AREAS OF MOST CONCERN PRESENTLY INCLUDE NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CASS COUNTY…BETWEEN ATLANTIC AND ANITA…INCLUDING THE WIOTA AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

ATLANTIC…GRISWOLD…ANITA…LEWIS…MASSENA…CUMBERLAND…

MARNE…WIOTA…COLD SPRINGS STATE PARK…

ANITA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…LAKE ANITA STATE PARK…

GRISWOLD PARK AND ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.