Floyd

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 196 remains in effect until 300 am CDT
for the following locations


IA
. Iowa counties included are

Allamakee Buchanan Cedar
Chickasaw Clayton Clinton
Delaware Dubuque Fayette
Floyd Howard Jackson
Jones Mitchell Muscatine
Scott Winneshiek

The Flood Warning continues for
the Cedar River at Charles City.
* Until Thursday afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 8:30 PM Monday the stage was 19.4 feet.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 20.2 feet by
Tuesday morning. The river will fall below flood stage Wednesday
evening.
* Impact... at 20.0 feet... Clark street at Leland floods and court
street at Illinois floods.


Lat... Lon 4321 9286 4321 9273 4301 9255 4293 9255 4304 9273

338 PM CDT Mon may 20 2013

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
Fillmore County in southeast Minnesota...
Howard County in northeast Iowa...
Mitchell County in north central Iowa...
Mower County in southeast Minnesota...
northern Floyd County in north central Iowa...
southern Olmsted County in southeast Minnesota...

* until 1000 PM CDT

This warning extends the previous warning.

Flooding is ongoing in much of these areas. Creeks and smaller
branches of the root... upper Iowa and Cedar rivers in the region
have all had flooding today. While the water level has receded in
some areas... it remains high for most that impacts roads.

Many secondary roads are still under water or too heavily damaged to
travel on. Highway 9 west of Osage Iowa remains closed due to
surface washout. Some basements were also impacted from high
rainfall rates on Sunday.

Additional showers and thunderstorms are possible this evening.
These are not expected to make matters worse but could delay the
fall of the water levels going into Tuesday.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Flood waters are still impacting numerous roads around the region.
Drive carefully... especially after dark. Heed all Road closures
and do not take chances.

Most flood related deaths occur in vehicles. Do not attempt to cross
water covered bridges... dips... or low water crossings. Never try to
cross a flowing stream... even a small one... on foot or in a vehicle.


Lat... Lon 4385 9269 4396 9236 4398 9209 4385 9208
      4384 9173 4350 9173 4350 9208 4321 9208
      4321 9255 4305 9257 4305 9303 4375 9305


Shea

... New daily precipitation record in Rochester MN...

On may 19th... Rochester international Airport received 2.07 inches
of precipitation. This surpassed the previous record for the day of
1.20 inches in 1959.

05/19/2013 0314 PM

Charles City, Floyd County.

Hail m1.00 inch, reported by law enforcement.





05/19/2013 0553 PM

Nora Springs, Floyd County.

Flash flood, reported by 911 call center.


            Numerous roads under water.




05/19/2013 0400 PM

2 miles N of Nora Springs, Floyd County.

Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            Floyd County emergency manager reports a barn is down
            north of Nora Springs... numerous large trees
            uprooted... and 1 large tree fell on a house.




05/19/2013 0314 PM

Charles City, Floyd County.

Hail m1.00 inch, reported by law enforcement.





05/19/2013 0553 PM

Nora Springs, Floyd County.

Flash flood, reported by 911 call center.


            Numerous roads under water.




05/19/2013 0400 PM

2 miles N of Nora Springs, Floyd County.

Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by Emergency Mngr.


            Floyd County emergency manager reports a barn is down
            north of Nora Springs... numerous large trees
            uprooted... and 1 large tree fell on a house.

... Safety rules for severe thunderstorms...

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch or warning has been issued by the
National Weather Service. The following tips are being provided
while the watch or warning is in effect.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for the
development of severe weather in and close to the watch area. If you
are in the watch area... monitor weather conditions closely. These
storms can develop rapidly so there may be occasions when advanced
warning is not possible.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning means a severe thunderstorm has been
observed or indicated by radar. If you are near or in the path of
this storm... take immediate actions to protect life and property.
Follow these safety rules.

In open country... you should seek shelter and avoid trees which can
be targets for lightning. If there is no shelter... go to a ditch or
culvert but beware of rising water or flash flooding.

When indoors... stay away from windows and go to an interior room.

In Mobile homes... you should leave and seek a nearby safe shelter.

If swimming or on a boat... move to shore as quickly as possible and
find shelter.

A thunderstorm is considered severe when it contains one inch or
larger diameter size hail or wind gusts of 58 mph or greater. A
severe thunderstorm may contain a combination of these two elements
as well as very heavy rain and deadly lightning.

Remember... with some severe thunderstorms there is the possibility
of tornadoes.