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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1144 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BON HOMME COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  SOUTHEASTERN DAVISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  SOUTHERN HANSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  SOUTHWESTERN MCCOOK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  NORTHWESTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  WESTERN YANKTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM A 

  THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRIPP...OR 30 MILES EAST OF LAKE ANDES...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



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

  PARKSTON...MENNO...DIMOCK...ETHAN...CLAYTON...FREEMAN...

  ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...BRIDGEWATER AND DOLTON



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN 15 TO 45 MINUTES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THESE 

AREAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND DUE TO 

CONTINUED HIGH STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS AND SATURATED SOILS...THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF VERY QUICKLY.



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.



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 4365 9811 4370 9759 4351 9724 4291 9743

      4289 9804 4319 9808

TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 218DEG 32KT 4331 9796



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