The National Weather Service in Valley, NE., has issued a FLOOD WARNING for the West Nishnabotna River at Hancock, affecting Pottawattamie County, and the West Nish at Randolph, affecting Fremont County.  A FLOOD WARNING is also in effect for the East Nishnabotna River, at Red Oak.

For the East Nishnabotna River At Red Oak: the warning is in effect from this evening to late Saturday night…or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9:00 AM Thursday the stage was 8.7 feet…or 9.3 feet below flood stage.* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.* Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Forecast…rise above flood stage by tonight and continue to rise  to near 23.2 feet by tomorrow evening the river will fall below  flood stage by late Saturday morning.
* Impact…at 23.0 feet…Flooding begins east of the intersection of Highway 34 and G Avenue.

Flood Warning for The West Nishnabotna River At Hancock from this evening to Friday evening…or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9:00 AM Thursday the stage was 4.2 feet…or 9.8 feet below flood stage.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast…rise above flood stage by tonight and continue to rise
to near 15.7 feet by after midnight tomorrow the river will fall
below flood stage by early tomorrow.
* Impact…at 16.0 feet…The approach to the gage floods from the left bank.

For the West Nishnabotna River At Randolph: from late tonight to Saturday afternoon…or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9:00 AM Thursday the stage was 10.4 feet…or 8.6 feet below flood stage.
* Flood stage is 19.0 feet.* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast…rise above flood stage by early tomorrow and continue to rise to near 20.6 feet by early tomorrow afternoon the river will  fall below flood stage by late tomorrow evening.
* Impact…at 22.0 feet…County Road L-68 located 5 miles south of Randolph begins to flood.

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POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON…

…HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT…

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN TODAY INTO TONIGHT CAUSING WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.

* RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND RISES IN AREA RIVERS. PORTIONS OF THE DES MOINES AND RACCOON RIVER BASINS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY BE IMPACTED LATER IN THE WEEK.

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.

Today: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 82. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 2 and 3 inches possible.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 61. West southwest wind 10 to 13 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Cloudy, with a high near 72. North northeast wind 8 to 13 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. East southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 90. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. East wind around 11 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 82. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 62. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 16 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. North wind 11 to 13 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74.

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351 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH AROUND 80. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

THURSDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 80 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

The calendar says summer won’t start for almost two weeks but it’ll feel hot and humid across much of Iowa today (Monday) and it’ll get even hotter tomorrow. Meteorologist Craig Cogil, at the National Weather Service office in Johnston, says it’s a very sticky start to the week.  “We’re going to see some warm air that’s currently over the plains move into the state with temperatures pushing into the lower 90s by tomorrow afternoon,” Cogil says, “so much warmer than anything we’ve seen so far.”

Sioux City had a high of 90 degrees on March 16th for the earliest recorded temperature in the 90s. Cogil said the hot, sticky weather will only be around for a few days. “We’ve been rather fortunate in the past year or so where we haven’t seen a lot of the hot weather that we’d seen in the previous years,” he says, “and so far this year, it’s followed in that path.”

Cogil says there’s a chance of thunderstorms starting Wednesday night with the possibility of some heavy rain in a few places. “Right now, it does look like a good threat of heavy rainfall, especially over the northern half of the state,” he says, “anywhere between two to four inches, in general.”

The thunderstorm chances will continue through the weekend with daytime highs dropping slightly into the 70s and 80s.

(Radio Iowa)

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