FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

725 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…OMAHA METRO AREA INCLUDING… SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 718 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE OMAHA METRO AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE METRO AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.