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FACILITY WILL BE BUSY DOWN THERE BY THAT NEW SPORTS COMPLEX. 618 THIS MORNING, WHEREVER YOU’RE GETTING GOING THIS MORNING, WE HAVE TO TIME OUT THIS RAIN THAT’S MOVING THROUGH. IT’S JUST KIND OF RELENTLESS. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IT IS. YEAH. ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. JUST THIS MORNING ALONE, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING GOING IN EFFECT LIKE FIVE MINUTES AGO. THIS ON YOUR SCREEN NOW GIVING YOU A BETTER IDEA OF JUST WHERE THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS LANDED THIS MORNING. THESE ARE RADAR ESTIMATED TOTALS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. AND EVEN THEN, MOST OF THIS HAS FALLEN VERY RECENTLY. SO WE’RE THAT FLASH FLOODING IS GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE AREAS YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED HERE. AND YOU’RE STILL GOING TO BE DEALING WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN THAT DIRECTION. AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT FLASH FLOOD WARNING. IT’S ON YOUR SCREEN REALLY HIGHLIGHTING WHERE WE’RE SEEING THE HEAVIEST RAIN. STILL AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, STILL HOLDING ON TO THE RAIN BECAUSE IT’S JUST A VERY CONSISTENT AREA OF AROUND HALF AN INCH TO A FULL INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR. SO IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GIVE US ISSUES OUT THAT DIRECTION. NOW, FARTHER WEST, MORE OF THE LIGHTER RAIN MOVING BACK IN TO CENTRAL IOWA AND EVEN NORTHERN IOWA. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, STILL GOING TO BE MOSTLY DRY. MAYBE SOME LIGHT SPRINKLES GOING ON FOR THE METRO COMMUTE. BUT THAT SHOULD CHANGE AS WE GO IN JUST THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AS MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY IN. BUT BY FAR AND AWAY, THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU GO, THE HEAVIER THE RAIN AND THE MORE TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CAN BE WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY THAT FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT, JUST SHOWING HOW MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN IN JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOUR BY HOUR. TALK ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE REST OF TODAY. CONTINUING WITH RAIN CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND GOING INTO THE AFTERNOON. NOW, ONCE WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AROUND LUNCHTIME, GOING ALL THE WAY AROUND 5:00. TO BE MAINLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. STILL HEAVY RAIN UNDERNEATH THESE, BUT NOT GOING TO BE AS IMPRESSIVE LIKE WE SAW YESTERDAY. THE SIGNATURE JUST ISN’T AS GREAT AS WHAT WE HAD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEN GOING INTO TONIGHT, A BETTER CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS KIND OF PUSHES OVER US EXITS AND IT’S GOING TO BE LAYING DOWN SOME PRETTY DECENT RAINFALL TOTALS IN ITSELF, WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80 GOING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUING AS WE GET INTO THURSDAY. SO WHAT WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR IS THE HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEK. THE FLOOD THREAT IS GOING TO BE CLIMBING. WE’RE ALREADY SEEING IT THIS MORNING IN SOUTHERN IOWA. AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT MORE WIDESPREAD, MORE BROAD IN NATURE GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK OVER THE STATE, STRONG WINDS. IT’S STILL POSSIBLE TO GENERATE SOME GUSTY WINDS. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE VERY LIKELY, BUT DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT HAIL THREAT. AND THE TORNADO THREAT DROPPED OFF COMPLETELY. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE RAINFALL JUST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS IS WHY WE’RE SEEING FLASH FLOODING AS WE TALK ABOUT FARTHER SOUTH. AND WE’RE STILL EXPECTING AROUND ONE, POSSIBLY CLOSE TO TWO INCHES IN SOME SPOTS THAT DIRECTION. AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MORNING OVER MOST OF THE STATE, NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING THAT IMPRESSIVE, BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE DEALING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. NOW WE’RE ADDING ON TWO ADDITIONAL DAYS, A GOOD CHANCE OF 1 TO 3IN WHERE YOU SEE THAT PURPLE AND RED, AND EVEN SOME AREAS SEEING AROUND 4 TO 5 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL. SO THAT FLOOD THREAT ONLY CLIMBS AND BROADENS OUT IN NATURE GOING INTO THE REST OF THIS WEEK, WE’RE TALKING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. GOOD NEWS IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, CATCHING A BREAK FROM THE RAIN CHANCES. SO WE NEED A COUPLE OF DAYS. LOOKS LIKE A DECENT 48 HOURS O