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WGUS53 KFSD 250219

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MNC033-063-250515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

917 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MOUNTAIN LAKE TO 

ROCK RAPIDS IOWA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

25 MPH. 



RAINFALL RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CREATE AREAS OF 

URBAN AND LOWLAND FLOODING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4419 9547 4350 9546 4350 9488 4410 9485

      4410 9510 4419 9511



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