Christian Reformed Church, IA Weather Warnings, Advisories

Christian Reformed Church, Iowa

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 422 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA...NORTH CENTRAL
  IOWA...NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...
  SOUTHWEST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN CENTRAL IOWA...BOONE...DALLAS...HAMILTON...HARDIN...
  JASPER...MARSHALL...POLK...POWESHIEK...STORY...TAMA AND
  WEBSTER. IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...HUMBOLDT...KOSSUTH AND
  WRIGHT. IN NORTHWEST IOWA...EMMET...PALO ALTO AND POCAHONTAS.
  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...CALHOUN...CARROLL...CRAWFORD...
  GREENE...GUTHRIE AND SAC.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. MANY AREAS FROM
  NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA ARE PRIMED FOR FLOODING
  PROBLEMS WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO TEN
  INCHES IN THE PAST SEVEN DAYS. MANY LOCATIONS MAY SEE ADDITIONAL
  ONE TO TWO INCH RAINS...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS FROM TWO TO FOUR
  INCHES QUITE POSSIBLE. RAINS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD QUICKLY
  DEVELOP FLASH FLOODING CONSIDERING OUR CURRENT MOIST SOIL
  CONDITIONS.
* FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP WITH RAPID RISES IN SMALLER STREAMS
  AND CREEKS. RURAL ROADS MAY WASHOUT OR BECOME INUNDATED WITH
  STANDING WATER MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE. SIGNIFICANT URBAN
  FLOODING COULD RESULT AS WELL WITH PONDING WATER AND POSSIBLY
  WATER IN BASEMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF SUMP PUMPS FAIL.
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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SMALL