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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

530 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CENTRAL WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF REMSEN TO

  SALIX...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  ORANGE CITY TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY...MOVING EAST AT

  20 MPH.



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

  KINGSLEY...HORNICK...PIERSON AND ANTHON



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

AREA THROUGH 7 PM CDT...OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.



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 4222 9635 4291 9599 4290 9587 4275 9588

      4276 9563 4222 9594

TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 258DEG 15KT 4292 9586 4229 9622



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