NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

819 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…

CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

NORTHWESTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING

TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY

FALLEN EARLY TODAY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…

RED OAK…SHENANDOAH…ESSEX…FARRAGUT…EMERSON…ELLIOTT…

RIVERTON…RANDOLPH…IMOGENE AND COBURG.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.