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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

457 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  OBRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF SHELDON TO 25 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF MARCUS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES

  SOUTH OF ROCK RAPIDS TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ASHTON...

  SIBLEY...ARCHER...CLEGHORN...PAULLINA...SANBORN...CHEROKEE...

  MELVIN...PRIMGHAR...LARRABEE...OCHEYEDAN...SUTHERLAND AND HARTLEY



NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH 7 PM CDT. THIS AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE 1 TO 

3 INCHES RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNING. 



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 4278 9542 4266 9587 4346 9586 4350 9579

      4350 9548

TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 229DEG 25KT 4324 9607 4259 9613



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