239 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2016

…LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY…

.HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA LAST NIGHT. WITH SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY…ADDITIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THE SAME AREAS. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

FREMONT and PAGE COUNTIES: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… FREMONT AND PAGE. IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…GAGE…JEFFERSON.. JOHNSON… NEMAHA… OTOE…PAWNEE… RICHARDSON AND SALINE.

THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

HEAVY RAIN FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES FELL ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA LAST NIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SAME AREAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY ONLY BE MOVING 10 MPH AT TIMES. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS COULD OCCUR…ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

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.