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Flash Flood Warning for Adams & Taylor Counties

Weather

July 28th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

1015 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1010 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED INDICATE THAT
  FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY.
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CORNING...BEDFORD...LENOX...LAKE ICARIA...NEW MARKET...
  CLEARFIELD...PRESCOTT...BLOCKTON...GRAVITY...NODAWAY...
  SHARPSBURG...KENT...CONWAY...CARBON...CORNING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
  LAKE ICARIA STATE PARK...LAKE OF THREE FIRES STATE PARK AND
  BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. LONG BRANCH CREEK...THE 102 RIVER AND
  EAST NODAWAY RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES MAY BE ESPECIALLY
  IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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