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WGUS53 KFSD 140139

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SDC079-140445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

838 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWEST LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 838 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  FROM A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF RAMONA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED DUE TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF AND 

REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADS. RADAR ESTIMATES ABOUT 4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN RAMONA AND 

WINFRED.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4396 9737 4396 9717 4419 9714 4419 9736



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