WEBSTER COUNTY – A teenager died in Fort Dodge in a single vehicle crash Tuesday. The Iowa State Patrol reports a Chevy Malibu driven by 16-year-old Leah Clare Lynch struck a tree. Lynch was declared dead on scene, and two other passengers, also teenagers, were inside the car. One of those teenagers was life flighted to a nearby hospital and another was unharmed.

OTTUMWA – A juvenile riding a bike died when struck by a vehicle backing out of an alley in Ottumwa. The Iowa State Patrol reports a Dodge Ram driven by Eric Pilcher was leaving a residence and had forgotten an item while stopped. A juvenile on a bicycle rode up to the rear bumper of the vehicle, and police say was out of sight of the passenger’s side rear mirror. The ram proceeded to back out, hitting the young man on the bike.

SAYLORVILLE – Activities on two of Iowa’s biggest lakes during the 4th of July are being discouraged as flood waters from northern Iowa rush down the Des Moines River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had already closed several boat ramps and other areas of Saylorville Lake last week, and that this week, debris and rapidly rising waters are making it dangerous to boat. While the same advisory isn’t in place downstream, Lake Red Rock has closed its two recreational beaches as levels are expected to significantly increase in the coming days.

PELLA – Several central Iowa communities were impacted by flash flooding as 4-6 inches of rain fall over portions of central Iowa Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings in Madison, Warren, Marion, and Mahaska Counties after two rounds of precipitation dumped heavy rain during a first round in the morning and severe thunderstorms in the evening. Multiple tornado warnings were prompted well into eastern Iowa. Street flooding was reported widespread in Pella, stalling nearly a dozen cars.