POTTAWATTAMIE IA-MILLS IA-SARPY NE- 456 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… SOUTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY and… NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA, as well as NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… UNTIL 800 AM CDT

AT 452 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM AROUND BELLEVUE TO GLENWOOD…AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO COULD FALL EARLY THIS MORNING. MANY AREAS WILL SEE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM BELLEVUE AND GLENWOOD INTO POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY NEAR OAKLAND. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… SOUTHEASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…GLENWOOD…OAKLAND… TREYNOR…CARSON…PACIFIC JUNCTION…MACEDONIA…OFFUTT AFB… SILVER CITY…HENDERSON…MCCLELLAND…LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK… CAMP MAHA…OLD TOWN PARK AND FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.