349 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…NORTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 349 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH DAYBREAK.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…RED OAK…VILLISCA…STANTON…ELLIOTT…GRANT…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA AND VIKING LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 51.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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