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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
130 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

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DICKINSON IA-OSCEOLA IA-LYON MN-LINCOLN MN-PIPESTONE MN-MURRAY MN-
COTTONWOOD MN-NOBLES MN-JACKSON MN-MOODY SD-LAKE SD-BROOKINGS SD-
130 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 124 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
  VARIOUS REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA INDICATE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
  OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH SOME LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS. NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS...STATE AND U.S. HIGHWAYS...
  AND CITY STREETS ARE UNDER WATER ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
  OFFICIALS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF IN MOST
  AREAS...HOWEVER OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED
  THROUGH THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4348 9491 4349 9605 4385 9606 4385 9731
      4455 9696 4455 9646 4463 9646 4464 9561
      4420 9559 4421 9511 4412 9509 4410 9485
      4351 9485

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