NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
316 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...

.HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN
MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN A SHORT TIME
COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING WHICH WOULD BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
AT NIGHT.

ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...
CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...
MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...
HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
316 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...APPANOOSE...CLARKE...DECATUR...
   LUCAS...MONROE...RINGGOLD...UNION AND WAYNE. IN SOUTHEAST
  IOWA...DAVIS AND WAPELLO. IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...ADAMS AND
  TAYLOR.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA OR NORTHERN
  MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. WITHIN THIS BAND SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL
  WILL BE LIKELY WITH MUCH OF IT FALLING IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. THIS
  COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.

* WITHIN THE HEAVY RAIN BAND RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE
  EXPECTED. SOME ROADWAYS MAY BE AFFECTED WHICH IS PARTICULARLY
  DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. ANYONE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OR
  TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
  THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND POTENTIAL WARNINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.