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Small Stream Flood Advisory until 8:15-a.m.

Weather

August 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MONTGOMERY IA-MILLS IA-
613 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 610 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN HAD DROPPED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM NEAR MALVERN TO
HENDERSON AND EMERSON. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL SWEEP ACROSS
MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES…PRODUCING OVER 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS. RAIN TOTALS COULD REACH 3 INCHES
BEFORE THE RAIN LETS UP. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTY ROADS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
RED OAK…MALVERN…STANTON…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…HENDERSON…
HASTINGS…GRANT AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

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.