BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
931 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN…
SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 922 AM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A FEDERAL LEVEE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER HAS FAILED AND WATER WAS FLOWING TOWARD AND POSSIBLY ACROSS INTERSTATE 29 IN THE REGION. IN ADDITION THE FLOOD WATER COULD THREATEN HAMBURG IOWA.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 1.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES…DIPS…OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM…EVEN A SMALL ONE…ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.