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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1145 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  SOUTHEAST NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED   A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH 

  FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST NOBLES AND SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.  THIS 

  AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 AM CDT.  RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR ROUND LAKE...SPAFFORD 

AND SOUTH OF LAKEFIELD



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4362 9574 4350 9570 4352 9489 4371 9488

      4366 9546



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