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Flood warning continues until 7:15-a.m. Wed.

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June 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

MILLS IA-PAGE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-FREMONT IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-

344 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MILLS…PAGE…MONTGOMERY…FREMONT AND POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…

AT 341 AM CDT…RIVER GAUGES INDICATED FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA TUESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS WAS OCCURRING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS…ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF POTTAWATTAMIE…MILLS AND PAGE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.