BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
834 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
NORTHEASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
WESTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
WESTERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OMAHA…BELLEVUE…GLENWOOD…MURRAY…OFFUTT AFB…PACIFIC JUNCTION…PLATTSMOUTH…SIDNEY…SOUTHERN COUNCIL BLUFFS AND UNION.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 47.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.