THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT TUESDAY.

* AT 1009 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING. AS MUCH AS 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MOUNT AYR…BEDFORD…LENOX…CLEARFIELD…DIAGONAL…BLOCKTON…
GRAVITY…SHARPSBURG…REDDING…BENTON…CONWAY…MALOY…
DELPHOS…ATHELSTAN…MT AYR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LAKE OF THREE
FIRES STATE PARK.

1024 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SHELBY AND NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT…

AT 1023 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNLAP…OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENISON…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
HARLAN…EARLING…IRWIN…DEFIANCE…PANAMA…WESTPHALIA…
KIRKMAN AND MANTENO RECREATION AREA.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 91.

902 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 901 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AS MUCH AS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS…WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN ADAIR AND NORTHERN UNION COUNTIES. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CRESTON…GREENFIELD…STUART…GREEN VALLEY LAKE…AFTON…
ADAIR…FONTANELLE…CASEY…ORIENT…LORIMOR…MENLO…
MACKSBURG…CROMWELL…ARISPE…SHANNON CITY…KENT…THAYER…
GREENFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…NODAWAY PARK AND GREEN VALLEY LAKE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…FARMLAND…AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

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704 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

…STRONG STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING…

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN IOWA THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY EXPAND EASTWARD TOWARD FORT DODGE…THE DES MOINES METRO AREA AND THE CHARITON AREAS LATER THIS MORNING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY PERSISTENT RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING…WITH SMALL HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR DURING THE
HEAVIER DOWNPOURS CAUSING LOW VISIBILITIES…PONDING WATER ON
ROADS AND RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. RAINS MAY TOTAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OR MORE OVER A THREE HOUR PERIOD.

• KJAN, Atlantic  .13″
• 7 miles NNE of Atlantic  1.17″
• Massena  .59″
• Elk Horn  .11″
• Audubon  1.15″
• Avoca  .3″
• Oakland  .2″
• Missouri Valley  .05″
• Woodbine  .32″
• Council Bluffs  .02″
• Creston 4.25″ (24-hour total)
• Afton 3.25″
• Kellerton (Ringgold County), 4.1″ total
• Greenfield, 2.1″
• Mt. Ayr, 4.5″ (Flash Flooding reported at 9:30-a.m. 6″+ rain in some areas)
• Adair, 2.6″
• Blockton (Taylor County), 2.82″
• Clearfield (”    “), 3.5”
• Benton (Ringgold County), 5.6″
• Diagonal (Ringgold County), 4.4:
• Ellston (” “), 3”
• Redding (” “), 7”
• Delphos (” “), 5.3”
• Malloy (” “), 4.6”
• Lake View (Sac County), numerous 1′ diameter trees down during a thunderstorm, one fell onto a truck (approx. 7:30-a.m.); Several 1′ diameter trees also down near Schaller, in Sac County.

Today: Showers & thunderstorms this morning, w/heavy rain possible. Becoming P/Sunny, warm & humid. High 88. Heat Index 100-102. SE @ 10-20.

Tonight: Partly Cloudy to Cloudy w/scattered shwr & tstrms. Low 75. S @ 5-10. Heat index 100-103 thru midnight.
Tomorrow: Isolated shwrs & tstrms in the morning. Becoming P/Cldy, continued hot & humid.  High 93. Heat Index 100-102. SW @ 1-20.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Heat Index 100 thru midnight.
Wednesday: Shwrs & tstrms early; P/Cldy. High 91. Heat index around 100 during the afternoon.  NE  @ 5-10.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 94.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 82. Our Low this morning was 68. We received .13“ of rain early this morning, through 7-a.m. (24-hour rainfall). Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 85 and the low was 64. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 102 in 1897. The Record Low was 42 in 1898.

July was wetter than normal, on average than in years past. We received 7.78” of rain during the month, which was 3.16” more than average. The most rain fell on July 11th (1.25″), July 17th (1.38″), July 19th (1.68″), and July 27th (1.5″).The average high of 83 was 2.17-degrees cooler than the normal, while the average low of 62 was one degree cooler than normal.The warmest day was July 21st (92 degrees), while the coolest morning was the 17th (51 degrees).

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES.

AT 512 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS WITH NEARBY OBSERVATIONS SHOWING NEARLY SEVEN TENTHS OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN IN ONLY 20 MINUTES.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MOUNT AYR…BEDFORD…LENOX…CLEARFIELD…DIAGONAL…BLOCKTON…
GRAVITY…SHARPSBURG…REDDING…BENTON…CONWAY…MALOY…DELPHOS..
ATHELSTAN…MT AYR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LAKE OF THREE FIRES STATE PARK. THE PLATTE AND GRAND RIVERS…AND THEIR SMALLER TRIBUTARIES…MAY BE AFFECTED AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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TAYLOR-RINGGOLD
...STRONG STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EARLY THIS MORNING...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS
MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND EASTWARD TOWARD THE DES MOINES
METRO AREA AND CHARITON AREAS AROUND SUNRISE. THE PRIMARY THREATS
WITH THE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY PERSISTENT RAINS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...WITH SMALL HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR CAUSING LOW
VISIBILITIES...PONDING WATER ON ROADS AND RAPID RISES IN SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS. RAINS MAY TOTAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OR MORE
OVER A THREE HOUR PERIOD.

352 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TODAY…HOT AND HUMID. CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE NOON. PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 102 IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 103 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 102 IN THE AFTERNOON.

TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 70. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON.

352 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW AROUND 70. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HOT AND HUMID. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 102 IN THE AFTERNOON.

MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS 100 TO 105 IN THE AFTERNOON.