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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

821 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HINTON...OR ABOUT 

  10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY.  THE LINE OF STORMS ARE MOVING 

  TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.



  RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALONG 

  HIGHWAY 75 IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY SINCE 6 PM CDT.  ANOTHER INCH OR 

  RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 THROUGH 930 PM CDT. 

  THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE STREET FLOODING IN LE 

  MARS AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF THE 

  FLOYD RIVER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4257 9639 4257 9607 4291 9584 4290 9617



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