Residents Should Evacuate Flood Zones by 3 p.m. Wednesday

Residents should evacuate flood zones by 3 p.m. Wednesday

If the flood breaches the barriers, residents would have only minutes’ notice, he said. The National Weather Service would issue a flash flood warning and instruct residents still in the flood zone to shelter in place.

8 Counties in Southwest and West Central Iowa Under Flash Flood Watch

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Flash Flood Watch for portions of southwest, west central, and central Iowa throu...

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Life-threatening flash flooding reported across Decatur County

On Wednesday, a flash flood warning remained in effect for Decatur County. According to the National Weather Service in Indianapolis, several inches of rain have caused life-threatening flooding, The warning was issued through 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain had fallen, with additional rainfall of 0.5 to 1.25 inches possible in the warned area, the National Weather Service said. “Flash flooding is already occurring,” the we…