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WGUS43 KOAX 021520
FLWOAX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1020 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2023
.AREAS OF FAR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL
RAINS THIS MORNINGS. IT IS LIKELY THERE ARE MANY AREAS WITH
STANDING WATER, POTENTIALLY COVERING ROADS. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN
DRIVING IN THESE AREAS, ESPECIALLY ON UNPAVED ROADS.
IAC085-133-155-165-NEC021-053-177-022015-
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HARRISON IA-MONONA IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-SHELBY IA-BURT NE-DODGE NE-
WASHINGTON NE-
1020 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2023
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF IOWA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES,
HARRISON, MONONA, POTTAWATTAMIE AND SHELBY. PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL NEBRASKA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BURT, DODGE
AND WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 315 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1018 AM CDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED
AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLAIR, TEKAMAH, MISSOURI VALLEY, LOGAN, WOODBINE, ARLINGTON,
FORT CALHOUN, MONDAMIN, KENNARD, PERSIA, MODALE, HERMAN,
PISGAH, CRAIG, MAGNOLIA, LITTLE SIOUX, PORTSMOUTH, TENNANT,
DESOTO BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND WILSON ISLAND STATE
PARK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4150 9565 4141 9587 4142 9610 4142 9627
4145 9635 4160 9645 4176 9644 4189 9645
4189 9619 4188 9591 4181 9578 4173 9565
4167 9545 4157 9543
PEARSON
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