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WGUS53 KFSD 221445

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NEC043-221745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

943 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 938 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERED AN AREA FROM

  WATERBURY THROUGH JACKSON TO SOUTH SIOUX CITY...AND SOUTHWARD TO  

  HUBBARD AND HOMER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. 

  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 

  INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1100 AM CDT.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4233 9669 4229 9638 4251 9648 4253 9669



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