Warning Description: Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Warning Date: 6:03 am CDT on June 05, 2010

WarningSum:


Warning Message:Severe Thunderstorm Watch 261 remains in effect until 1100 am CDT
for the following locations
IA 
.    Iowa counties included are
Adair                Adams               Appanoose           
Audubon              Boone               Carroll             
Cass                 Clarke              Crawford            
Dallas               Davis               Decatur             
Des Moines           Fremont             Greene              
Guthrie              Harrison            Henry               
Jefferson            Lee                 Lucas               
Madison              Mahaska             Marion              
Mills                Monona              Monroe              
Montgomery           Page                Polk                
Pottawattamie        Ringgold            Shelby              
Taylor               Union               Van Buren           
Wapello              Warren              Wayne               
Warning Description: Flash Flood Warning

Warning Date: 6:03 am CDT on June 5, 2010

WarningSum:...Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect For Southern Cass...

Warning Message:southwestern Adair...Adams and northwestern Taylor counties until 830
am CDT...
At 600 am CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated 
thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall across the warned area with 
rainfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour through the next couple 
hours.   
Runoff from this excessive rainfall will cause flash flooding to
occur. Some locations that will experience flooding 
include...Corning...Griswold and Lenox. 
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding. If flooding is observed...act quickly. Do not
enter the water. Turn around and move up to higher ground. Do not
stay in areas subject to flooding when water begins rising.
Lat...Lon 4072 9492 4073 9494 4115 9494 4115 9516
      4136 9517 4136 9447 4082 9449 4083 9474
      4057 9475 4057 9492
Podrazik
Warning Description: Flash Flood Watch

Warning Date: 3:25 am CDT on June 5, 2010

WarningSum:...Flash Flood Watch Remains In Effect Until 1 Pm Cdt This
Afternoon...

Warning Message:The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of central Iowa...south central Iowa...southeast 
 Iowa...southwest Iowa and west central Iowa...including the 
 following areas...in central Iowa...Boone...Dallas...Jasper...
 Marshall...Polk...Poweshiek...story and Tama. In south central 
 Iowa...Appanoose...Clarke...Decatur...Lucas...Madison...
 Mahaska...Marion...Monroe...Ringgold...Union...Warren and 
 Wayne. In southeast Iowa...Davis and Wapello. In southwest 
 Iowa...Adair...Adams...Cass and Taylor. In west central Iowa...
 Audubon and Guthrie.
* Until 1 PM CDT this afternoon
* thunderstorms with heavy rainfall will continue over southern
  Iowa through this morning. A few storms have produced nearly 3
  inches in one hour in Lamoni and into southern Ringgold County.
  Additional storms will likely produce similar rainfall rates.
  Some significant flash flooding is expected over southern
  portions of the watch area. Washed out roadways are expected.
  Driving across water covered roads is strongly not advised.
  Small creeks and local rivers likely will have significant
  flooding today.
* Flash flooding is likely over areas that receive two to three 
 inches of rain in three hours or less and local rivers will 
 also be on the rise with the potential for some rises in river 
 levels and river flooding over the next several days as well. 
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.
        

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