Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Light and variable wind becoming north northeast 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. North northeast wind 7 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. East southeast wind 5 to 9 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.

SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS COUNTIES…

POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA… POCKETS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RAINFALL RATES LOOK TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR AND WITH THE COMBINATION OF STORMS THAT DROPPED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THIS AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING…THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AT TIMES THROUGH 5 AM CDT.

DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN HEAVY RAIN AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANY WATER OVER ROADWAYS. PLEASE TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

Rain here at the KJAN studios from about 1-until 3-pm amounted to 1.27″.

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

…PONDING WATER POSSIBLE…

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL RATES FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE ON THE ORDER OF NEARLY A HALF INCH IN TWENTY MINUTES. GIVEN THE RECENT RAINFALL AND ALREADY WET GROUND IN MANY LOCATIONS…SHOULD REPEATED OCCURRENCES
OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FALL OVER THE SAME AREAS…PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN DITCHES IS LIKELY. USE CAUTION IF YOU ENCOUNTER PONDING OR STANDING WATER.

Today: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog through mid morning. Isolated thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Scattered light showers and isolated thunderstorms late in the afternoon. High in the lower 80s. South wind near 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Scattered light showers in the evening. A slight chance of thunderstorms until early morning…then a chance of thunderstorms early in the morning. Low in the mid 60s. Southwest wind near 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Monday: Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. High in the upper 70s. Southwest wind around 5 mph shifting to the north in the afternoon. Chance of thunderstorms 50 percent.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy through midnight then becoming partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Low in the lower 60s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High in the upper 70s. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low in the mid 60s.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the lower 80s.

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE COUNTIES (536 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015)

…PATCHY LOCALLY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING… PATCHY FOG IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE FOG COULD BE LOCALLY DENSE IN SOME SPOTS WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. FOG SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE BY 8 TO 9 AM.

455 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015

TODAY AND TONIGHT: SHOWERS AND NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

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655 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following river…

Nishnabotna River Near Hamburg affecting Fremont County.

407 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLOUDY. WEST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT, THEN THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING, THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.