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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

743 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 733 AM CDT...ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER  

  ROCK COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT   

  JACKSON COUNTY BETWEEN 800 AM AND 1000 AM...AND WILL PRODUCE AN  

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY 

  RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE EXCESSIVE 

  WITH RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE INTENSE RATES WILL 

  CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF.



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.



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 4351 9542 4349 9487 4383 9487 4383 9543



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