…THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
MONONA…BURT AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN THURSTON COUNTIES…
AT 516 PM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MONONA COUNTY HAS CAUSED SOME
FLOODING ACROSS HIGHWAY 141 NEAR MAPLETON. SOME MINOR FLOODING WAS
ALSO REPORTED NEAR DECATUR ACROSS PARTS OF HIGHWAY 75. RAINFALL OF
AT LEAST 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS LIKELY FALLEN FROM DECATUR NEBRASKA
THROUGH CASTANA AND MAPLETON IOWA. ANOTHER 1/2 INCH TO INCH IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 OR 630 PM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ONAWA…TEKAMAH…WHITING…DECATUR…UTE…CRAIG…MOORHEAD…
MAPLETON…OAKLAND…BLENCOE…SOLDIER…CASTANA…TURIN AND
RODNEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…SOME HIGHWAYS…AS WELL AS
FARMLAND AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.