Flash Flood Warning for: n.w. Guthrie/Northern Audubon/Southern Carroll Counties
Weather
May 9th, 2016 by Ric Hanson
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1026 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 1024 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SPOTS. A GRAVEL ROAD NEAR
HWY 141 AND FALCON ROAD IN CARROLL COUNTY HAS BEEN WASHED OUT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARROLL...AUDUBON...MANNING...COON RAPIDS...GLIDDEN...PANORA...LAKE
PANORAMA...TEMPLETON...DEDHAM...HALBUR...WILLEY...RALSTON...GRAY...MANNING
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...SWAN LAKE STATE PARK...ARTHUR N NEU AIRPORT AND
AUDUBON COUNTY AIRPORT.
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.