Inadvertent Sirens Sounded in Pottawattamie County this Morning

Tracking Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall in the Southern U.S.; Winter Storm to Impact the Northern U.S.

A storm system will shift from eastern Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley Monday with additional threats of severe thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rainfall which may bring flooding. A Flood Watch remains in effect. In the northern U.S., a storm will bring heavy snow and gusty winds over parts of the northern Rockies, northern Plains, and Upper Midwest Monday into Wednesday. Read More >

ADROAX IAC155-181545- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 742 AM CST MON DEC 18 2017 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT. THE OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT REPORTS THAT FIVE SIRENS IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IOWA HAD SOUNDED FOR LESS THAN ONE MINUTE AROUND 730 AM. OPPD ADVISES THAT THERE IS NO EMERGENCY AT FORT CALHOUN STATION. THE INADVERTENT SOUNDING IS THE RESULT OF A TESTING ERROR. THE TEST WAS CANCELED. WE REPEAT OPPD ADVISES THERE IS NO EMERGENCY AT FORT CALHOUN STATION AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD DISREGARD THE INADVERTENT SIREN SOUNDING IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY IOWA. $$