HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-223 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2016

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND
NEBRASKA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
FREMONT…HARRISON…MILLS…MONTGOMERY…PAGE…
POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY. IN NEBRASKA…BURT…CUMING…
DODGE…DOUGLAS AND WASHINGTON.

* UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING

* PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING
COMMUTE. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON
WITH THESE STORMS AND SOME LOCATIONS COULD PICK UP 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAINFALL BY MID MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.