Weather Alerts for Cass Co.

Issued by the National Weather Service

Severe Thunderstorm Watch  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH   Severe Thunderstorm Watch
CASS CO.

Areas Affected:
Harrison, IA - Monona, IA - Pottawattamie, IA - Shelby, IA - Boone, NE - Burt, NE - Butler, NE - Cass, NE - Colfax, NE - Cuming, NE - Dodge, NE - Douglas, NE - Gage, NE - Jefferson, NE - Johnson, NE - Lancaster, NE - Madison, NE - Otoe, NE - Platte, NE - Saline, NE - Sarpy, NE - Saunders, NE - Seward, NE - Stanton, NE - Thurston, NE - Washington, NE
Effective: Mon, 5/20 11:38pm Updated: Tue, 5/21 12:00am Urgency: Future
Expires: Tue, 5/21 7:00am Severity:  Severe  Certainty: Possible

 
Details:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
274 UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 271. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN IOWA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

HARRISON              POTTAWATTAMIE         SHELBY

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

MONONA

IN NEBRASKA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

BURT                  BUTLER                DODGE
DOUGLAS               SARPY                 SAUNDERS
WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

BOONE                 COLFAX                CUMING
MADISON               PLATTE                STANTON
THURSTON

IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA

CASS                  GAGE                  JEFFERSON
JOHNSON               LANCASTER             OTOE
SALINE                SEWARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, ASHLAND, BEATRICE, BELLEVUE,
BLAIR, COLUMBUS, COUNCIL BLUFFS, CRETE, DAVID CITY, DECATUR,
DUNLAP, FAIRBURY, FREMONT, HARLAN, LA VISTA, LINCOLN, LOGAN,
LYONS, MACY, MAPLETON, MILFORD, MISSOURI VALLEY, NEBRASKA CITY,
NORFOLK, OAKLAND, OMAHA, ONAWA, PAPILLION, PENDER, PLATTSMOUTH,
SCHUYLER, SEWARD, ST. EDWARD, STANTON, STERLING, TECUMSEH,
TEKAMAH, WAHOO, WALTHILL, WEST POINT, WILBER, WINNEBAGO, WISNER,
WOODBINE, AND YUTAN.

Flood Watch  FLOOD WATCH   Flood Watch
CASS CO.

Areas Affected:
Mills - Montgomery - Fremont - Page - Seward - Lancaster - Cass - Otoe - Saline
Effective: Mon, 5/20 7:14pm Updated: Tue, 5/21 12:00am Urgency: Future
Expires: Tue, 5/21 3:15am Severity:  Severe  Certainty: Possible

 
Details:
The best chances for heavy rain overnight has been shifting south.
As a result, have trimmed a few northern counties off of the watch
and added a few counties on the southern edge of the watch.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest Iowa, including the following
counties, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and Page and southeast
Nebraska, including the following counties, Cass, Lancaster, Otoe,
Saline and Seward.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Multiple rounds of heavy precipitation is expected with an
increasing potential for training thunderstorms to develop
after midnight. A second round of heavy rain is expected
Tuesday late morning and afternoon. This will bring the
threat for flash flooding and river flooding across portions
of northeast Nebraska, east-central Nebraska, and west-
central Iowa.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information:
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.