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1258 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR: MADISON…RINGGOLD…UNION…
ADAIR…ADAMS…CASS…TAYLOR…AUDUBON…CARROLL…CRAWFORD…GREENE…GUTHRIE AND SAC COUNTIES IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA.
* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* RECENT RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA…AS MUCH AS FOUR TO SIX INCHES IN A FEW
LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AMPLE MOISTURE WILL
BE AVAILABLE AND THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE SATURATED CONDITIONS…EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY
BECOME A PROBLEM VERY QUICKLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.
* SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS! AS LITTLE AS
6 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER CAN SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. IN
ADDITION…SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AFTER THIS
EVENT.
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.
OLIVER WAYNE SIMMONS, 72, of Guthrie Center, died Thu., June 13th, at the Guthrie County Hospital. Funeral services for OLIVER SIMMONS will be held 2-p.m. Mon., June 17th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Guthrie Center. Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center has the arrangements.
Visitation at the 1st United Methodist Church in Guthrie Center will take place 1-hour prior to the service on Monday (from 1-2pm).
Burial will be in the Union Cemetery at Guthrie Center.
Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports the arrest Friday evening of 37-year old Jason William McCollum. McCollum, who’s from Clarinda, was taken into custody on a charge of Possession of a drug paraphernalia device, believed to be used for smoking marijuana. McCollum was arrested at his residence, located in the 300 block of north 20th St.
Officers were originally summoned to the residence after McCollum called the Clarinda 911 center to report a disturbance at his home, involving some intoxicated guests who McCollum wanted to leave. McCollum was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Page County Jail, where he was being held on a $300 cash bond, pending an initial appearance before the Page County Magistrate
GUTHRIE IA-GREENE IA-CARROLL IA-
929 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
…THE FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CARROLL…SOUTHWESTERN
GREENE AND NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTIES WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930
AM CDT…
FLOODWATERS HAVE RECEDED FROM MOST AREA ROADS IN THE WARNED
AREA…WITH A FEW SECONDARY GRAVEL ROADS STILL EXPERIENCING MINOR
FLOODING. WATERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVER THE COURSE OF THE
DAY. HOWEVER…A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
THROUGH THIS EVENING AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
LATER TODAY WHICH COULD RENEW THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED…PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
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The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors, Thursday, approved a $3.1-million bid for improvements to the Lincoln Highway, from Council Bluffs to the HarrisonCounty line. According to the Omaha World-Herald, the road work comes just as the highway celebrates its centennial this summer. Work on the project is expected to begin in a couple of weeks, and will likely take most of the summer to complete. It includes patching, widening in some areas, and overlaying the entire stretch of road.
The project has been in the works since the Missouri River flooded in 2011, causing damage to the Lincoln Highway and other roads in the area. The federal government is paying 80-percent of the cost for repairs and improvements.
Officials say because travel on the road will be difficult and congested once construction begins, motorists may want to use alternate routes such as Interstate 29. The Lincoln Highway is the nation’s first transcontinental highway. Officials with the Lincoln Highway Association say as much as 85-percent of the road is still drivable in Iowa, though some of it is gravel.
The National Weather Service says low pressure over eastern Nebraska will lift northeast as a trailing cold front moves through the state this (Saturday) afternoon and tonight.
Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected ahead of the cold front this afternoon and evening. Heavy rainfall is again possible with these storms and could lead to flash flooding. Drier weather will move in for Sunday, however there is a chance for rain again later Sunday night and Monday.
Storms that passed through western Iowa Friday and Friday night dumped more than 5-inches of rain in some areas, in less than a couple of hours. Those same storms also brought straight-line winds in excess of 65-miles per hour, and some pea-to ping-pong ball-sized hail.
Law enforcement and trained storm spotters reported to the National Weather Service hail the size of quarters fell in Carroll and Guthrie Counties, near the communities of Carroll, Bayard and Coon Rapids. Ping-pong ball-sized hail (1.5″ diameter) was reported by Emergency Management officials 12-miles south of Stanton, in Page County, at around 7-p.m., Friday.
Winds gusted up to 60-miles per hour near Crescent, in Pottawattamie County, and Little Sioux, in Harrison County. One gust of up to 67-miles per hour was reported at the Carroll Airport at around 9:35-p.m., Friday, and a garage roof was blown-off and 2-to 6-inch diameter tree limbs were reported broken in the Carroll County town of Halbur, at around 9:40-p.m. Thunderstorm wind damage was also reported just west/northwest of Stuart, where 6-to 8-inch diameter tree limbs were broken.
Flash flooding was reported late Friday night in Bayard and near Coon Rapids, with anywhere from 6-to-8-inches of water flowing over the roads in Bayard at around 10:15-p.m., as well as on Highway 25 in that same area. The Weather Service says 5.2-inches of rain fell just west of Coon Rapids.
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