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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1145 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* URBAN FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SPENCER BY LOCAL MEDIA.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4347 9495 4294 9495 4295 9535 4323 9537

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