BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
504 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHERN MILLS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SAUNDERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTHERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 453 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN MAY STILL OCCUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…OMAHA…BELLEVUE…CARSON…COUNCIL BLUFFS…ELKHORN…ELLIOTT…GRETNA…LA VISTA…MACEDONIA…MEAD…MILLARD…OAKLAND…OFFUTT AFB…PAPILLION…PRAGUE…RALSTON…TREYNOR…VALLEY…VALPARAISO…WAHOO…WATERLOO…WESTON AND YUTAN.
THE AUTOMATED OBSERVING EQUIPMENT AT MILLARD HAS MEASURED 2.1 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE IT BEGAN EARLIER THIS MORNING.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 439 AND 454.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 56.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 92 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 434 AND 466.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 77 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 93.
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 52.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. USE ALTERNATE ROUTES AROUND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
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.