501 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…UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 500 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. AT LEAST TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN…WITH SOME ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… COUNCIL BLUFFS…CRESCENT…LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK…NARROWS RIVER PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 50…AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 66. INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 8.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.