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000 

WGUS53 KOAX 060928

FFWOAX

IAC085-061130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

425 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 423 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM THE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED OVER THE

  WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.  PART OF MISSOURI

  VALLEY WAS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO THE HIGH WATER.  SEVERAL AREA

  CREEKS REMAIN SWOLLEN AND ARE OVERFLOWING FROM THE EXTENSIVE

  RUNOFF DUE TO SATURATED GROUND AND HEAVY RAINFALL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOGAN

  AND MISSOURI VALLEY.



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 4153 9600 4153 9576 4171 9576 4173 9594

      4162 9608



$$



JR

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000 

WGUS53 KOAX 060928

FFWOAX

IAC085-061130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

425 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 423 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM THE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED OVER THE

  WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.  PART OF MISSOURI

  VALLEY WAS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO THE HIGH WATER.  SEVERAL AREA

  CREEKS REMAIN SWOLLEN AND ARE OVERFLOWING FROM THE EXTENSIVE

  RUNOFF DUE TO SATURATED GROUND AND HEAVY RAINFALL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOGAN

  AND MISSOURI VALLEY.



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 4153 9600 4153 9576 4171 9576 4173 9594

      4162 9608



$$



JR

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