Storms that passed through eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa brought heavy rain Wednesday, but there was little in the line of severe weather through late Wednesday night. The exception, according to National Weather Service, was thunderstorm winds that blew through the Monona County community of Onawa at around 8:10-p.m. Wednesday, causing part of roof to be blown off a business. The roof fell onto some vehicles.

Flash flooding occurred in Fremont and Montgomery Counties Wednesday afternoon. In Fremont County, a flash flood over Manti Road in Farragut only lasted about 15 minutes at around 2-p.m.

8th & Senate Streets in Red Oak (Montgomery Co. EMA photo)

1st & Cherry Streets in Red Oak Wednesday afternoon (Montgomery Co. Emergency Mgmt. photo)

In Red Oak, street flooding was reported just after 3-p.m, with water running two- to three-feet deep in some places. Heavy rain was also reported at around 7:45-p.m. two-miles northwest of Little Sioux, in Harrison County, where nearly an inch fell in less than 80-minutes.

Flash Flood warnings were issued for also issued for Cass and Audubon Counties early Wednesday afternoon, but there were no reports of flooding received by the Weather Service.

A Flood Warning remains in effect until Saturday afternoon for the East Nishnabotna River at Red Oak, and until Sunday evening, for the Nishnabotna River near Hamburg. And, a Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Thursday evening for the much of Iowa, including the entire KJAN listening area.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 247 FOR
 THE FOLLOWING AREAS
 
 IN IOWA THIS CANCELS 7 COUNTIES
 
 IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
 
 ADAMS                 CASS                  TAYLOR              
 
 IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
 
 AUDUBON               CARROLL               CRAWFORD            
 SAC                  
 
 THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ATLANTIC…AUDUBON…BEDFORD…
 CARROLL…CORNING…DENISON AND SAC CITY.

1005 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 247 FOR
 THE FOLLOWING AREAS…
 
 IN IOWA THIS CANCELS 4 COUNTIES
 
 IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
 
 FREMONT               MILLS                 MONTGOMERY          
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858 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A
 * FLOOD WARNING FOR
   THE EAST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT RED OAK.
 * FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON…OR UNTIL THE WARNING
   IS CANCELLED.
 * AT  8:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET…OR 6.3 FEET BELOW
   FLOOD STAGE.
 * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
 * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
 * FORECAST…RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE
   TO RISE TO NEAR 20.5 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING.THE RIVER WILL FALL
   BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
 * IMPACT…AT 20.0 FEET…LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE WEST BANK.

The National Weather Service has cancelled Tornado Watch #247 for the following counties in western Iowa: Harrison….Pottawattamie….Shelby….and Monona. Tornado Watch #247 remains in effect until 2-a.m. Thursday for these counties in the KJAN listening area:

Cass, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and Page.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

819 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING

TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY

FALLEN EARLY TODAY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

RED OAK…SHENANDOAH…ESSEX…FARRAGUT…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…

RIVERTON…RANDOLPH…IMOGENE AND COBURG.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

731 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

…TORNADO WATCH 247 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY…

TONIGHT…THUNDERSTORMS…BREEZY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 100 PERCENT.

THURSDAY…THUNDERSTORMS…BREEZY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT.

THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 70. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.

SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S.

SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S.

GUTHRIE IA-AUDUBON IA-CASS IA- 558 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CASS…SOUTHERN AUDUBON AND SOUTHWESTERN GUTHRIE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT…

AT 558 PM CDT…HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED…BUT EXCESS FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE… ATLANTIC…AUDUBON AND GRISWOLD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR AND THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 247

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

625 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

TORNADO WATCH 247 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE: ADAMS AUDUBON CARROLL CASS CRAWFORD FREMONT HARRISON MILLS MONONA MONTGOMERY PAGE  POTTAWATTAMIE SAC SHELBY TAYLOR

420 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 416 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUDUBON…

AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…

COON RAPIDS…GLIDDEN…GRAY…DEDHAM…WILLEY…BAYARD…BAGLEY

AND RALSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A

BUILDING.