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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1259 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MARSHALL...TO PIPESTONE...TO SIOUX 

  FALLS...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER AREAS WHERE

  EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL.  THIS

  WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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