428 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…RINGGOLD COUNTY -TAYLOR COUNTY – SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY and SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY…UNTIL 1030 AM CDT THURSDAY

AT 427 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… MOUNT AYR…BEDFORD…LENOX…SUN VALLEY LAKE…CLEARFIELD… DIAGONAL…KELLERTON…BLOCKTON…GRAVITY…TINGLEY…ARISPE…SHARPSBURG…REDDING…SHANNON CITY…KENT…ELLSTON…BENTON…CONWAY…MALOY AND DELPHOS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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