NWS has Changed in Area a Flash Flood Watch for Polk County until Saturday @ 07:00 PM FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHWEST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL IOWA...BOONE...DALLAS...JASPER...MARSHALL...POLK...POWESHIEK... STORY AND TAMA. 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...ADAIR...ADAMS...CASS AND TAYLOR. IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...AUDUBON...CARROLL...CRAWFORD... GREENE AND GUTHRIE. THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING RECENT RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AND SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. AMPLE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. GIVEN THE SATURATED CONDITIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY BECOME A PROBLEM VERY QUICKLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS! AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER CAN SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AFTER THIS EVENT. Locations impacted include:
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:17:12 +0000
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