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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
THE OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS METRO AREAS…INCLUDING
SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHEASTERN SARPY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 907 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
PARTS OF OMAHA. WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 80 NEAR THE J F K WAS DOWN TO
ONE LANE DUE TO WATER ON THE ROAD. UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE METRO. AND ANOTHER INCH
IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
OMAHA…COUNCIL BLUFFS…BELLEVUE…PAPILLION…LA VISTA…
RALSTON…OFFUTT AFB…CARTER LAKE…BOYS TOWN…CRESCENT…LAKE
MANAWA STATE PARK…NARROWS RIVER PARK AND CHALCO.

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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DERGAN