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Flash Flood Warning: NE Guthrie County

Weather

June 24th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
944 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS AND APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH STORMS EARLIER IN THE
  EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GUTHRIE CENTER...DALLAS CENTER...PANORA...LAKE PANORAMA...
  REDFIELD...BAYARD...BAGLEY...YALE...JAMAICA...LINDEN...DAWSON...
  LAKIN SLOUGH GAME MANAGEMENT AREA...SPRINGBROOK STATE PARK AND
  PERRY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.