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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

615 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.



* AT 611 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

WILLOW CREEK WAS RISING RAPIDLY NEAR MISSOURI VALLEY.  FURTHER 

UPSTREAM...WILLOW CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.  SEVERAL 

PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM MISSOURI VALLEY.  FLASH FLOODING REMAINS 

A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THIS MORNING AS EXCESSIVE RUNOFF CONTINUES TO 

AFFECT THE WARNED AREA.



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



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



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