BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
434 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN PAGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
STANTON AND VILLISCA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES…
DIPS…OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM…
EVEN A SMALL ONE…ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.