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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1222 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



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

  OBRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH FROM 

  EASTERN NEBRASKA AND EASTERN KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE

  EXPECTED TO TRAIN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGHOUT

  THE NIGHT. 



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

  NEWELL...STORM LAKE...ALTA...TRUESDALE...ALBERT CITY...MARATHON...

  LINN GROVE...SIOUX RAPIDS...PETERSON...PAULLINA...SUTHERLAND...

  WEBB...GREENVILLE...PRIMGHAR...ROYAL...ARCHER...SHELDON...

  SANBORN...EVERLY...SPENCER...HARTLEY AND FOSTORIA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4258 9539 4290 9539 4293 9584 4325 9586

      4325 9493 4258 9492



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