Flooding

Flash Flood Warning (Pottawattamie, Douglas NE and Sarpy NE) until 9:15pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
725 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
OMAHA METRO AREA INCLUDING…
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 718 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE OMAHA METRO AREA. UP TO TWO
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND FLOODING HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED IN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE METRO AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT…LON 4116 9583 4116 9588 4114 9588 4112 9587
4111 9587 4112 9614 4137 9613 4137 9577
4128 9576

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