Flash Flood Watch

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF IOWA AND NEBRASKA...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN IOWA...FREMONT...HARRISON...

MILLS...MONONA...MONTGOMERY...PAGE...POTTAWATTAMIE
AND SHELBY. IN NEBRASKA...BURT...CASS...CUMING...DOUGLAS...

MADISON... SARPY...STANTON...THURSTON AND WASHINGTON.

* THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON

* SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OR HIGHER.

RAINFALL IN THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS HAS RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES
IN SOME OF THE WATCH AREA. 

* ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.