Anita Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 400 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...APPANOOSE...CLARKE...DECATUR...
  LUCAS...MONROE...RINGGOLD...UNION AND WAYNE. IN SOUTHEAST
  IOWA...DAVIS AND WAPELLO. IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...ADAIR...ADAMS...
  CASS AND TAYLOR.
* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN IOWA LAST
  NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT COULD
  AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION AND PRODUCE NEW FLASH FLOODING
  OVER AREAS THAT ESCAPED THE HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT. LOCATIONS
  FROM ATLANTIC...SOUTHEAST THROUGH CORNING AND CRESTON...TO MOUNT
  AYR AND LAMONI RECEIVED TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO AS MUCH
  AS 9 INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
  TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS LOW AS A HALF INCH OR SO WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
  MORE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. HEAVIER RAIN
  OCCURRING TO THE EAST IN FAR SOUTHERN IOWA COULD PRODUCE FLASH
  FLOODING AS WELL.
* WATER RUNNING OVER ROADWAYS...WASHED OUT ROADS AND BRIDGES...AND
  SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING COULD CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
  OVERNIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING
  IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT.
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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KINNEY

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