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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

908 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BRULE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  REPETITIVE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH  

  ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF BRULE COUNTY. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY

  SATURATED...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  PUKWANA AND CHAMBERLAIN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. UP TO 9 PM...THE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNT FOR TODAY AT THE 

CHAMBERLAIN AIRPORT WAS 1.79 INCHES.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4391 9931 4370 9936 4352 9928 4352 9904

      4392 9895



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