Emergency Operations Center 2417 Emma St. Ottumwa, IA 52501
641-814-8333
ema@wapellocounty.org

Flash Flood watch until 5/15/19 7am

Flash Flood watch until 5/15/19 7am

SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE AFTER RECENT RAINS

  WITH ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ANTICIPATED

  LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH ONE

  TO THREE INCHES IN SPOTS IN JUST AN HOUR OR TWO WITH LOCALLY

  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN STREAMS AND CREEKS

  WITH PONDING AND STANDING WATER ON ROADS. CAMPERS GETTING AN

  EARLY START ON THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER

  CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION BY MOVING TO

  HIGHER GROUND IF WATER THREATENS YOUR CAMPSITE.

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.