Flooding, Weather Alerts

Flash Flood Watch for Central into Southern and SE Iowa through Wednesday Morning

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
233 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT…

.ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING AND POTENTIALLY INTO
TONIGHT…PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS WILL LEAD TO
ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

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JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-
LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-
DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…NEWTON…GRINNELL…WINTERSET…
INDIANOLA…KNOXVILLE…OSKALOOSA…CORNING…CRESTON…OSCEOLA…
CHARITON…ALBIA…OTTUMWA…BEDFORD…MOUNT AYR…LEON…
CORYDON…CENTERVILLE…BLOOMFIELD
233 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA…SOUTH CENTRAL
IOWA…SOUTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL IOWA…JASPER AND POWESHIEK. IN
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…APPANOOSE…CLARKE…DECATUR…LUCAS…
MADISON…MAHASKA…MARION…MONROE…RINGGOLD…UNION…
WARREN AND WAYNE. IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…DAVIS AND WAPELLO. IN
SOUTHWEST IOWA…ADAMS AND TAYLOR.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
IN SOME AREAS

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.

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LEE