COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD…

338 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY…

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED THROUGH THE MORNING…HOWEVER STORMS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL…AND MAY TRACK OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED SOIL FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS OF THE WEEKEND AND OVERNIGHT MONDAY. HEAVY RAIN ON SATURATED GROUND WOULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WOULD BE LIFE THREATENING.

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.

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 232/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE

1202 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 232 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN IOWA THIS CANCELS 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST IOWA FREMONT & PAGE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…CLARINDA…FARRAGUT…HAMBURG…SHENANDOAH…SIDNEY AND TABOR.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

1148 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013 TAYLOR IA-RINGGOLD IA-ADAMS IA-

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS…WESTERN RINGGOLD AND TAYLOR COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT… AT 1142 PM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARINDA TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANT CITY…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES. THIS STORM HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AS IT MOVED ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… BEDFORD…CORNING…LENOX…NODAWAY…GRAVITY…ATHELSTAN…CONWAY…SHARPSBURG…BLOCKTON…REDDING…MALOY…CLEARFIELD…PRESCOTT…DELPHOS AND BENTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

1139 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 1132 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…RED OAK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

1132 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

WESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…

TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1128 PM CDT…A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A

LINE EXTENDING FROM CLARINDA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF HOPKINS…AND

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

BEDFORD…CORNING…LENOX…NEW MARKET…NODAWAY…GRAVITY…

ATHELSTAN…CONWAY…SHARPSBURG…BLOCKTON…REDDING…MALOY…

CLEARFIELD…PRESCOTT…DELPHOS AND BENTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS…AND MAY LEAD TO

FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

324 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM CDT TUESDAY 

AT 322 PM CDT…THE WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER IN SHELBY COUNTY WAS RUNNING HIGH AND MINOR FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING. HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED IN THE AREA AND UPSTREAM IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE… LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIVER FROM NORTH OF IRWIN TO SOUTH OF HARLAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-

342 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING..

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE BACK INTO CENTRAL IOWA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TUESDAY MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WITH A GENERAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE OVER SOUTHERN IOWA TONIGHT.

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON GROUND THAT IS SATURATED FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAIN ON SATURATED GROUND WOULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING WHICH WOULD BE LIFE THREATENING.

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.

1000 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

REST OF TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS BEFORE NOON…THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY UNTIL EARLY MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. LOW IN THE MID 60S.

THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. LOW IN THE MID 60S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

856 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
 
 * FLOOD WARNING FOR…
   GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
   NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
 
 * UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY
 
 AT 845 AM CDT…GREENE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
 HIGHWAY 4 NORTH BETWEEN CHURDAN AND JEFFERSON WAS CLOSED DUE TO
 WATER OVER THE ROAD. HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH OF SCRANTON AND EAST 63 STREET
 BETWEEN J AVENUE AND R AVENUE WERE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER ROAD.
 THE CITY OF JEFFERSON CONTINUE TO HAVE MANY ROADS WITH WATER OVER
 THEM.
 
 AT 845 AM CDT…GUTHRIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
 VICTORY AVENUE WAS CLOSED JUST NORTH OF 110TH STREET NEAR JAMAICA
 AND A CLOSURE NEAR 120TH AND ROSE AVENUE.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 
 EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
 CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
 BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
 
 FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
 YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS…RIVERS…OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
 KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
 CREEKS.

WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-GREENE-
 BOONE-STORY-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-
 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CLARION…HAMPTON…ALLISON…
 FORT DODGE…WEBSTER CITY…ELDORA…GRUNDY CENTER…JEFFERSON…
 BOONE…AMES…GUTHRIE CENTER…ADEL…DES MOINES
 833 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013
 
 …STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS…
 
 STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY TO 45
 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL TO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH
 11 AM CDT BEFORE DIMINISHING. DUE TO THE VERY SATURATED
 GROUND…MANY TREES MAY BECOME EASILY UPROOTED DUE TO THE STRONG
 GUSTS.