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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

1115 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

FLASH FLOODING FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNDERWOOD  

AND MINDEN.



CREEKS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE THE PIGEON...AND 

MOSQUITO.  SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS ALREADY

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU LIVE ALONG A STREAM OR A CREEK IN THE AFFECTED

AREA...TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF AN

UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT...OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY AND

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF QUICKLY FLOWING WATER CAN CAUSE YOU TO

LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. THIS INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT

UTILITY VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 4120 9590 4117 9584 4118 9555 4150 9553

      4150 9597 4145 9591 4136 9593 4127 9591



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