BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
1258 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 1253 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATED BY RADAR SHOW UP TO 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR ALONG INTERSTATE 80 NEAR AVOCA WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OF UP TO 2 INCHES.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…AVOCA…CARSON…DEFIANCE…EARLING…HARLAN…IRWIN…MACEDONIA…OAKLAND…SHELBY AND WALNUT.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 48.

THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 91.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. USE ALTERNATE ROUTES AROUND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.