* WHAT. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE. Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN. From 2 PM this afternoon to 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

* WHAT. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE. Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN. From 2 PM this afternoon to 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS. gusty winds could blow around unsecured o bjects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

* WHAT. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE. Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and east central South Dakota. * WHEN. From 2 PM this afternoon to 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

* WHAT. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph expected. * WHERE. Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and east central South Dakota. * WHEN. From 2 PM this afternoon to 10 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

* WHAT. Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE. Portions of Iowa, including the following areas, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and Woodbury, southwest Minnesota, including the following areas, Cottonwood and Jackson, and northeast Nebraska, including the following area, Dakota. * WHEN. Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* WHAT. Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE. Portions of south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota, including the following counties, in south central Minnesota, Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Rice, Steele, Waseca and Watonwan. In southeast Minnesota, Goodhue. In southwest Minnesota, Redwood. * WHEN. Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms should occur this morning through this evening. This activity will have a very good chance at producing heavy rainfall rates due to high precipitable water values and strong lifting mechanisms. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

* WHAT. Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE. Portions of central, north central, northeast, northwest, south central, southwest, and west central Iowa, including the following counties, in central Iowa, Boone, Dallas, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, Tama and Webster. In north central Iowa, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth and Wright. In northeast Iowa, Black Hawk and Bremer. In northwest Iowa, Emmet, Palo Alto and Pocahontas. In south central Iowa, Madison, Mahaska, Marion and Warren. In southwest Iowa, Adair and Cass. In west central Iowa, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie and Sac. * WHEN. Through this evening. * IMPACTS. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - 3 to 5 inches of rain have already fallen over portions of northern and north central Iowa. Slow moving storms with efficient rainfall rates will continue through the early morning hours, and could impact the morning commute.

* WHAT. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE. A portion of north central Iowa, including the following counties, Hancock, Kossuth and Winnebago. * WHEN. Until 645 PM CDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS. Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - At 509 AM CDT, Local law enforcement reported water over several roads near Wesley and Algona due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include. Algona, Forest City, Britt, Union Slogh, Eagle Lake, West Bend, Burt, Whittemore, Titonka, Wesley, Leland, Crystal Lake, Woden, Duncan, Miller, Hayfield, St. Benedict, Irvington, Sexton and Hutchins.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 276 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST IOWA BUENA VISTA CHEROKEE CLAY DICKINSON LYON O'BRIEN OSCEOLA PLYMOUTH SIOUX IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA IDA WOODBURY IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DAKOTA DIXON IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CLAY LINCOLN UNION THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, ALLEN, ARNOLDS PARK, BATTLE CREEK, BERESFORD, CANTON, CHEROKEE, ELK POINT, GEORGE, HARRISBURG, HARTLEY, HAWARDEN, HOLSTEIN, HULL, IDA GROVE, INWOOD, JEFFERSON, LARCHWOOD, LE MARS, LENNOX, MILFORD, NORTH SIOUX CITY, ORANGE CITY, PONCA, ROCK RAPIDS, ROCK VALLEY, SANBORN, SHELDON, SIBLEY, SIOUX CENTER, SIOUX CITY, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, SPENCER, SPIRIT LAKE, STORM LAKE, TEA, VERMILLION, AND WAKEFIELD.

* WHAT. Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE. A portion of north central Iowa, including the following counties, Hancock, Kossuth and Winnebago. * WHEN. Until 645 PM CDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS. Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - At 1037 AM CDT, emergency management reported ongoing flooding across the warned area. Between 5 and 7 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that will experience flooding include. Algona, Forest City, Britt, Union Slogh, Eagle Lake, West Bend, Burt, Whittemore, Titonka, Wesley, Leland, Crystal Lake, Woden, Duncan, Miller, Hayfield, St. Benedict, Irvington, Sexton and Hutchins.

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls SD has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Iowa. Floyd River at Sheldon affecting Sioux and O'Brien Counties. Little Sioux River at Spencer affecting Clay County. Ocheyedan River near Spencer affecting Clay County. * WHAT. Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE. Ocheyedan River near Spencer. * WHEN. From Wednesday morning to early Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS. At 8.0 feet, minor flooding of pasture land begins. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS. - At 7:45 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 5.7 feet. - Forecast. The river is expected to rise above flood stage tomorrow morning to a crest around 8.2 feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage Thursday afternoon. - Flood stage is 8.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood