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Flood Warning until Noon today for Pottawattamie County

Weather

May 28th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Pottawattamie IA-Sarpy NE-Douglas NE-Saunders NE-Cass NE-
707 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a Flood Warning for Urban Areas and Small Streams in Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa…
Northern Sarpy County in east central Nebraska…
Douglas County in east central Nebraska…
Saunders County in east central Nebraska…
Northwestern Cass County in southeastern Nebraska…

* Until noon CDT.

* At 703 AM CDT, Doppler radar rain estimates and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain had caused flooding from Saunders County west of the Omaha Metro, through Omaha, and across much of Pottawattamie County Iowa. The heaviest rain has ended but flooding continues along roadways, with rises in area creeks on-going. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 43 and 63.
Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 23, and near mile marker 48.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska near mile marker 426, and between mile markers 443 and 454.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.