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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

659 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD 

OF TIME BETWEEN SHELBY AND CARSON.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY 

AS THE LINE MOVES EAST.  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND WILL ADD TO EXISTING FLOODING OF THE 

NISHNABOTNA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.



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

  MINDEN AND AVOCA.



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.



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 4149 9558 4149 9518 4117 9519 4116 9539

TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 180DEG 0KT 4133 9550



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