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CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-
CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DENISON…CARROLL…JEFFERSON…BOONE…
AMES…AUDUBON…EXIRA…GUTHRIE CENTER…PANORA…BAYARD…
CASEY…PERRY…WAUKEE…ADEL…DES MOINES…ATLANTIC…
GREENFIELD…STUART…ADAIR…FONTANELLE…WINTERSET…EARLHAM…
INDIANOLA…NORWALK…CARLISLE…CORNING…CRESTON…OSCEOLA…
BEDFORD…LENOX…NEW MARKET…MOUNT AYR…LAMONI…LEON
343 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA…SOUTH CENTRAL
IOWA…SOUTHWEST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…IN CENTRAL IOWA…BOONE…DALLAS…POLK AND
STORY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…CLARKE…DECATUR…MADISON…
RINGGOLD…UNION AND WARREN. IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…ADAIR…
ADAMS…CASS AND TAYLOR. IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…AUDUBON…
CARROLL…CRAWFORD…GREENE AND GUTHRIE.
* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST WEEK HAS RESULTED IN
SATURATED SOILS AND FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR.
* FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT
PONDING IN URBAN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION…SMALL STREAMS
MAY RISE ABOVE THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
INCLUDING ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING AT NIGHT IS EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION…THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE A FEW
LARGER STREAMS TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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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