413 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY UNTIL 7-A.M.

AT 405 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LAST BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH THE METRO. HOWEVER COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN…AND WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO RECEDE. RAIN TOTALS FROM 10 PM THROUGH 4 AM REPORTED FROM AUTOMATED GAGES ACROSS THE METRO HAVE COME IN BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES.

MANY OF THE NORMALLY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES AND LOW SPOTS IN ROADS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FLOODING. MANY INTERSECTIONS ARE FLOODED AS WELL. THE AREA AROUND 60TH AND HARRISON WAS REPORTED IMPASSIBLE. PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THIS MORNING…AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD.