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Flash Flood Watch continues until 10-a.m today (8/27)

Weather

August 27th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

400 AM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

…HEAVY RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING…

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING AS A SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF NEBRASKA. THOUGH THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED THROUGH THIS MORNING…THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL STILL EXISTS

COUNTIES: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-CASS-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING… LOCALIZED AREAS OF RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AS THE RAINFALL WILL FALL OVER AN AREA THAT RECENTLY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN NEARLY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.