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Flood Warning issued for East Nishnabotna River at Red Oak until Thursday evening

Weather

September 25th, 2019 by admin

...The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a flood warning
for the following river in Iowa...

  East Nishnabotna River At Red Oak affecting Montgomery County.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive cars through areas where water covers the road.  The
water depth may be too great to allow your vehicle to pass safely.
Turn around...don`t drown!

Additional information is available at:
http://www.water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=oax

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IAC137-260109-
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/RDOI4.1.ER.190925T1542Z.190926T0000Z.190926T0515Z.NO/
809 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2019

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a
* Flood Warning for
  The East Nishnabotna River At Red Oak.
* until Thursday evening...or until the warning is cancelled.
* At  8:00 AM Wednesday the stage was 17.2 feet...or 0.8 feet below
  flood stage.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...rise above flood stage by late this morning and continue
  to rise to near 19.4 feet by this evening. The river will fall
  below flood stage by after midnight tomorrow.
* Impact...at 20.0 feet...Lowland flooding begins along the west bank.