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Flash Flood Warning expanded for Pottawattamie and Mills Counties

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September 23rd, 2015 by admin

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
700 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  WESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 656 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4
  TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED ACROSS WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE AND
  MILLS COUNTIES...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
  FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN COUNCIL BLUFFS AND IS LIKELY
  OCCURRING ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES
  OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EASTERN OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...PACIFIC JUNCTION...
  CARTER LAKE...CRESCENT...LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK...NARROWS RIVER
  PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 HIGHWAY 34 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 11.
 HIGHWAY 75 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 99.
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 66.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
 INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 452 AND 454.

NOTE...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALSO REPLACES AND EXTENDS THE
WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.