856 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2013
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
 
 * FLOOD WARNING FOR…
   GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
   NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
 
 * UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY
 
 AT 845 AM CDT…GREENE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
 HIGHWAY 4 NORTH BETWEEN CHURDAN AND JEFFERSON WAS CLOSED DUE TO
 WATER OVER THE ROAD. HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH OF SCRANTON AND EAST 63 STREET
 BETWEEN J AVENUE AND R AVENUE WERE CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER ROAD.
 THE CITY OF JEFFERSON CONTINUE TO HAVE MANY ROADS WITH WATER OVER
 THEM.
 
 AT 845 AM CDT…GUTHRIE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
 VICTORY AVENUE WAS CLOSED JUST NORTH OF 110TH STREET NEAR JAMAICA
 AND A CLOSURE NEAR 120TH AND ROSE AVENUE.
 
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
 
 EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
 CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
 BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
 
 FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
 YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS…RIVERS…OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
 KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
 CREEKS.