AREA COUNTIES: GUTHRIE-DALLAS-MADISON

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS (WED.) AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

Counties in green are included in a Flash Flood Watch

* VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS MAY EXCEED 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. IN ADDITION…MULTIPLE STORMS MAY PASS OVER THE SAME AREA AND WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 3 INCHES WITH SOME LOCATIONS REACHING 5 INCHES.

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.

Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 6 to 11 mph becoming north after midnight. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81. North northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The National Weather Service is sending a survey team to check damage and confirm a suspected tornado that ripped into a grocery store and nearby homes in southern Iowa.

An estimated 40 to 50 Hy-Vee store employees and customers in Albia took shelter in the store cooler when the storm struck Monday evening, shattering store windows and sending glass flying into a nearby neighborhood. Homes in the area lost roofs and windows as well.

Trees and power lines were knocked down around the city, but no injuries have been reported. In northwest Iowa, straight-line winds approaching 100 mph destroyed a hangar at Sheldon Regional Airport and disabled five aircraft. Assistant Sheldon fire chief Randy Harms says firefighters and a hazmat unit were called out to contain airplane fuel that spilled.

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407 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 2015

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR…COOLER. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. LOW IN THE MID 60S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 PERCENT.

THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Weather officials say large hail and damaging winds are possible in parts of Iowa as thunderstorms move through the state. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms in southeast Iowa will pose the biggest threat Monday afternoon into the evening. Parts of central Iowa will also be affected.

The forecast doesn’t rule out conditions for tornadoes, and heavy rainfall in some areas may also produce flash flooding.

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Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. North northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.

AREA COUNTIES: DALLAS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

512 AM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015

…PATCHES OF DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING…

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH SUNRISE THIS MORNING. WITHIN THESE AREAS…PATCHES OF DENSER FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ANYONE DRIVING EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY WHEN ENCOUNTERING THESE FOG BANKS.

Today: Mostly sunny. Isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. High in the mid 80s. Southeast wind near 10 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 20 percent.
Tonight: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms until early morning…then partly cloudy early in the morning. Low in the lower 70s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph after midnight.

Monday: Mostly sunny. Hot and humid. Breezy. High in the lower 90s. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Highest heat index readings around 100 in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Mostly clear. Low in the mid 60s. North wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph through midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. A 30 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. High in the lower 80s. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the mid 60s.

Wednesday: Thunderstorms likely. High in the lower 80s. Chance of thunderstorms 70 percent.