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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.