Severe Weather Awareness Week In Iowa Concludes With Final Topic Being Flooding

(Spirit Lake)– The observance of Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa is wrapping up with today’s (Fri.) topic focusing on the dangers posed by flooding. Dickinson County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Ehret says flash floods can be especially dangerous. Yet he says it’s one of the elements of severe weather most people seem to take for granted…SWAW Flooding01 

Ehret says there’s another danger as well when water covers a road…SWAW Flooding02 

A flash flood generally occurs over a shorter timeframe, such as during a heavy rain event and even for awhile after. An actual flood has a much longer duration.