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SDC023-211100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

311 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHARLES MIX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 311 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  YET ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWARD AT 20 MPH 

  THROUGH CHARLES MIX COUNTY...FROM NEAR PLATTE TO WAGNER. 



THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR CHARLES MIX COUNTY.



CHARLES MIX COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF 

LAKE ANDES WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  ALSO...AREAS NEAR WAGNER 

HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD HIT...WITH A CREEK ON SOUTH MAIN 

OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS WITH UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER IN CITY STREETS ON 

THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.  AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES SOUTHWARD

THROUGH THE AREA BY AROUND 400 AM...AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH 

OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.



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 4336 9872 4321 9886 4286 9818 4316 9811



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