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IAC021-035-220415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

820 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  MARATHON TO 8 MILES WEST OF QUIMBY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  19 MILES NORTHEAST OF STORM LAKE TO 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE

  MARS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



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

  AURELIA...TRUESDALE...ALBERT CITY...ALTA...STORM LAKE...LAKESIDE

  AND NEWELL



AT 815 PM CDT...SOME COUNTY ROADS WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER AROUND 

CHEROKEE. 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED 4 MILES NORTH OF CHEROKEE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 4292 9494 4291 9586 4258 9586 4258 9492



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