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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

906 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED

  AREA.  THIS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE

  RURAL AND URBAN AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAHPETON...

  TERRIL...SPIRIT LAKE...OKOBOJI...MILFORD...LAKE PARK...ARNOLDS

  PARK...SPENCER...EVERLY...DICKENS...WEBB...PETERSON...LINN GROVE...

  AND SIOUX RAPIDS.



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 4349 9536 4270 9539 4271 9493 4349 9493



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