SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AS WELL AS PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA WERE HIT WITH A DELUGE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
JEFF ZOGG AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS MULTIPLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED EARLY TODAY AS RAINFALL TOTALS REACHED SEVEN AND EIGHT INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS.
RAIN3 OC……… “HIGHER AMOUNTS” :10
TRAFFIC WAS SLOWED ON MANY ROADWAYS, INCLUDING INTERSTATE 29 IN WESTERN IOWA, DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STANDING WATER AND A LACK OF VISIBILITY DURING THE DOWNPOUR.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED UNTIL MID-MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN IOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN NEBRASKA:
RAIN4 OC………”PRETTY WELCOME” :10
ZOGG SAYS IN SOME CASES THE RAIN FELL A LITTLE TOO FAST FOR IT TO SOAK IN, AND IT RAN OFF AND CAUSED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE WERE SEEING.
THE FORECAST CALLS FOR AT LEAST A CHANCE OF RAIN EVERY DAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
Graphic from National Weather Service in Omaha
