Kalona, IA Hazardous Weather Outlook

Kalona, Iowa

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 336 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008
Expiration: 500 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WIDESPREAD.
LOCALLY 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 30 AND HIGHWAY 34. SOILS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA ARE NEARLY
SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL AND MUCH OF THIS RAIN MAY RUN OFF.
RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH ALREADY AND ANY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE
RENEWED FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT
THROUGH 1 PM SUNDAY.

WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AFTER
MIDNIGHT OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE
WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM 2 AM TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY EVENING.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT NEXT WEEK. IT
IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES ON SEVERAL AREA RIVERS.
TONIGHT AND SUNDAYS RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CHANGES TO RIVER
FORECASTS AND POSSIBLY NEW FLOOD WARNINGS. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD
STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL
REPORTS WOULD BE HELPFUL THROUGH SUNDAY.