BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1047 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN FREMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 1040 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR AND MAY MAKE CURRENT FLOODING OF THE MISSOURI RIVER WORSE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…CLARINDA…COIN…FARRAGUT…HAMBURG…NEBRASKA CITY…RIVERTON…SHENANDOAH AND SIDNEY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.