THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA... NORTHEASTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY * AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...DE SOTO...EARLHAM...GUTHRIE CENTER...STUART AND WINTERSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 4169 9428 4150 9393 4131 9378 4132 9430 4186 9500 4186 9475 4174 9474 4168 9438
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:50:27 +0000