POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
632 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR…
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA…

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 629 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER POTTAWATAMIE COUNTY. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF STREETS…ROADS…AND SMALL STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
COUNCIL BLUFFS…OAKLAND…AVOCA…TREYNOR…UNDERWOOD…CARSON…
WALNUT…MINDEN…MACEDONIA…NEOLA…CRESCENT…HANCOCK…
MCCLELLAND…LAKE MANAWA STATE PARK…NARROWS RIVER PARK…
ARROWHEAD PARK…OLD TOWN PARK…FARM CREEK PUBLIC WILDLIFE AREA…
BOTNA BEND PARK AND HITCHCOCK NATURE CENTER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING THROUGH 930 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.