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FLWOAX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
251 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024


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Harrison IA-Pottawattamie IA-Shelby IA-Burt NE-Butler NE-Colfax
NE-Dodge NE-Douglas NE-Saunders NE-Washington NE-
251 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is occurring, and is 
  expected to continue through the afternoon.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest Iowa, including the following 
  counties, Harrison, Pottawattamie and Shelby and Nebraska, 
  including the following counties, Burt, Butler, Colfax, Dodge, 
  Douglas, Saunders and Washington.

* WHEN...Until 600 PM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 
  and flood-prone locations is occurring. Streams continue to rise 
  due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. It will take several 
  hours for all the water from these storms to work through local 
  drainage systems. Please avoid any flooded roadways.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 249 PM CDT, emergency management, trained spotters, and
    the public reported very heavy rainfall across the warned
    area early this morning. Between 3 and 7 inches of rain have
    fallen over much of the warned area, with some locations
    receiving 8 inches or more.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Omaha, northern Council Bluffs, Fremont, Blair, Harlan,
    Wahoo, David City, Tekamah, Bennington, Boys Town, Elkhorn,
    Carter Lake, Missouri Valley, Valley, Logan, Avoca,
    Arlington, North Bend, Yutan and Underwood.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 4127 9729 4155 9683 4160 9644 4183 9624
      4184 9612 4158 9611 4180 9548 4180 9509
      4160 9509 4160 9504 4150 9504 4151 9515
      4144 9515 4124 9582 4127 9635 4105 9668
      4105 9729


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