140 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA…SOUTHEASTERN BURT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA…UNTIL 445 AM CDT.

* AT 139 AM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…HARLAN…LOGAN…OAKLAND…AVOCA…UNDERWOOD…WALNUT…SHELBY…MINDEN…EARLING…MONDAMIN…IRWIN…PERSIA…DEFIANCE…MODALE…PISGAH…MOORHEAD…WOODBINE…DUNLAP…NEOLA AND PANAMA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…

HIGHWAY 59 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 89.

INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 92.

INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.