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Flood Advisory: s.w. Pott. County

Weather

August 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

POTTAWATTAMIE IA-DOUGLAS NE-
1054 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA… SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA… UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1053 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
SOUTHEASTERN OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…UNDERWOOD…CARTER LAKE…
CRESCENT…MCCLELLAND…LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK AND NARROWS RIVER PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.