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Flash Flood Warning until 1:45-a.m. Friday for Shelby, Harrison & Monona Counties

Weather

September 15th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

844 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…
EASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT.

* AT 844 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
HARLAN…LOGAN…EARLING…MONDAMIN…UTE…IRWIN…DEFIANCE…
MODALE…PISGAH…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…PANAMA…
PORTSMOUTH…MAGNOLIA…SOLDIER…LITTLE SIOUX…CASTANA…
WESTPHALIA AND KIRKMAN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 89.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84 AND 95.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…FARMLAND…AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS.