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WGUS53 KFSD 140050

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IAC119-167-MNC105-140445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

750 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  SOUTHWESTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM NEAR ELLSWORTH

  MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST TO AROUND BERESFORD. THESE STORMS WILL

  CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS THROUGH 9 PM...AND WILL

  ADD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR TWO...WITH SOME TOTALS

  IN SOUTHWESTERN LYON AND NORTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTIES EXPECTED

  TO REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4325 9660 4321 9646 4353 9582 4361 9606

      4350 9606 4350 9629 4335 9651



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