AREA COUNTIES: AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- 

1:08 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
 
 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED…
 
 THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA…NORTH
 CENTRAL IOWA…SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…SOUTHWEST IOWA AND WEST
 CENTRAL IOWA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SHOWERS OR
 THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSBILE ACROSS THE AREA…HOWEVER THE THREAT OF
 HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED.

IOWA COUNTIES: SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE- 

1:02- PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
 
 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED…
 
 THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND
 SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER
 EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
 THIS AFTERNOON.

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
 EVENING. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL…LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING
 WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL
 BE MAINLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN IOWA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
 80 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.
 
 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH TODAY

SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-CASS-OTOE-GAGE-
 JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
 1154 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
 
 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA
 AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
 
 .DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
 
  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST
 NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
 
 WITH INCREASING SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON…INSTABILITY WILL
 CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. A PIECE OF UPPER LEVEL
 ENERGY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON
 AND PROVIDE THE DYNAMICS NEEDED TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS…A FEW
 OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE.

 …FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT IN POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING.  

* SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA ARE ALREADY ABOVE OR NEAR FLOOD STAGE AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL COMPOUND FLOODING PROBLEMS. 
 
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.

FLOOD STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
 1101 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
 
 …THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER…
 
   WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING FREMONT COUNTY.
 
   EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RED OAK AFFECTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

An upper level low pressure system will push a fairly strong disturbance across Iowa today. This will lead to periods of strong to severe storms across the state…especially during the afternoon and evening hours. Some storms will also produce heavy rain which may lead to additional flooding. Monitor forecasts for the latest updates on this storm system. (NWS/Des Moines)

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Today: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 73. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. West wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a west wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Breezy.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.

FLOOD WATCH/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA – 301 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

…MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING..ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL IOWA AGAIN TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HEAVIER RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED AREAS WILL LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT CENTRAL IOWA.

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-

….FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…

* WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS IMPACTED MUCH OF IOWA OVER THE PAST 5 DAYS. CURRENT CONDITIONS INCLUDE EXTREMELY SATURATED SOILS…SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN FIELDS AND STREAMS RUNNING AT BANKFULL OR ARE CURRENTLY IN FLOOD. ADDITIONALLY…THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY MAY PRODUCE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.

* SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SHOULD HEAVY RAINFALL OCCUR OVER AREAS HARD HIT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS! AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER CAN SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. WITH MORE HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE…SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AFTER THIS EVENT.

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.