Flash Flood Warning

Flash Flood Warning for Marshall, Story, Hardin, Tama, Grundy and Black Hawk Counties until 8am

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
213 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN STORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
GRUNDY COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…
BLACK HAWK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 800 AM CST

* AT 206 AM CST…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED
BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVER LOCATIONS WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS
FALLEN. THE MOST LIKE AREAS TO SEE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ALONG A
LINE FROM DIKE TO GRUNDY CENTER TO LISCOMB TO CLEMONS.

* SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE… WATERLOO…CEDAR FALLS…MARSHALLTOWN…GRUNDY
CENTER… EVANSDALE…JESUP…LA PORTE
CITY…HUDSON…TRAER…REINBECK… STATE
CENTER…DYSART…DIKE…ELK RUN HEIGHTS…CONRAD… CROSSROADS
MALL…UNI-DOME AND MCLEOD CENTER…WATERLOO MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT…GLADBROOK AND LE GRAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT…LON 4230 9230 4212 9230 4186 9323 4221 9325
4222 9301 4255 9302 4255 9256 4264 9255
4264 9208 4230 9207

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BOKSA