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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1241 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  OBRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  EASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  NORTHERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 1236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM A 

  THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAWTON...OR 11 MILES EAST OF SIOUX CITY...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.



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

  PIERSON...KINGSLEY...MERRILL...LE MARS...REMSEN...STRUBLE...

  MARCUS...MAURICE...CLEGHORN...ALTON...ORANGE CITY...LARRABEE...

  GRANVILLE...PAULLINA...HOSPERS...SUTHERLAND...ARCHER...PRIMGHAR...

  SHELDON...MATLOCK...SANBORN...HARTLEY...ASHTON...MELVIN...SIBLEY...

  OCHEYEDAN...HARRIS...WAHPETON AND LAKE PARK



INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH 

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

FALLING IN 30 TO 45 MINUTES. RUNOFF FROM THIS INTENSE RAINFALL WILL 

LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND FLOOD ROADS AND 

INTERSECTIONS IN ANY URBAN AREAS.



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 4294 9627 4349 9567 4348 9509 4233 9593

      4254 9647

TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 204DEG 47KT 4258 9616



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