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Flash Flood Warning: Audubon & Guthrie Counties

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September 6th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

912 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 910 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. 3.1 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN COON RAPIDS SINCE AROUND AN HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

PERRY…AUDUBON…LAKE PANORAMA…BAYARD…MINBURN…BAGLEY…

RIPPEY…YALE…JAMAICA…DAWSON…GRAY…BERKLEY…SPRINGBROOK

STATE PARK…PERRY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LAKIN SLOUGH GAME

MANAGEMENT AREA. THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE

AFFECTED AS WELL…WILLOW CREEK…BRUSHY CREEK…AND BEAVER CREEK.

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.