700 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY and WESTERN MILLS COUNTY 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, NE.

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.