

000 

WGUS53 KFSD 192043

FFWFSD

SDC003-015-073-200045-

/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0018.080619T2040Z-080620T0045Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

340 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN JERAULD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  NORTHEASTERN BRULE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  NORTHWESTERN AURORA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY 

  SLOWLY THROUGH 430 PM CDT AND WILL PRIMARILY REMAIN OVER RURAL 

  AREAS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES.



SOME PARTICULAR AREAS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING ARE SMITH CREEK...AND MANY OF THE SMALL DRAINAGES AROUND 

AND NORTH OF WHITE LAKE.



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 4394 9900 4394 9894 4399 9894 4398 9855

      4373 9857 4371 9873 4380 9899

TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 212DEG 0KT 4389 9890 4379 9865



$$



MG

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000 

WGUS53 KFSD 192043

FFWFSD

SDC003-015-073-200045-

/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0018.080619T2040Z-080620T0045Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

340 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN JERAULD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  NORTHEASTERN BRULE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  NORTHWESTERN AURORA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS 

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY 

  SLOWLY THROUGH 430 PM CDT AND WILL PRIMARILY REMAIN OVER RURAL 

  AREAS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES.



SOME PARTICULAR AREAS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING ARE SMITH CREEK...AND MANY OF THE SMALL DRAINAGES AROUND 

AND NORTH OF WHITE LAKE.



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 4394 9900 4394 9894 4399 9894 4398 9855

      4373 9857 4371 9873 4380 9899

TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 212DEG 0KT 4389 9890 4379 9865



$$



MG

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