THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN…
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 922 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE
MINOR FLOODING ALONG A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM
AROUND SEWARD TO FREMONT TO JUST WEST OF TEKAMAH. OVERFLOWING POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR IN SOME
LOCATIONS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE
LINCOLN…FREMONT…BLAIR…ELKHORN…WAHOO…WAVERLY…ASHLAND…
MILFORD…TEKAMAH…VALLEY…YUTAN…ARLINGTON…HICKMAN…
HOOPER…CEDAR BLUFFS…MEAD…VALPARAISO…WATERLOO…NICKERSON…
MONDAMIN…INGLEWOOD…KENNARD…PISGAH…WESTON…MODALE…
GARLAND…PLEASANT DALE…CRAIG…BENNINGTON AND CERESCO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER
TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.