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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1103 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  WESTERN BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE WARNED AREA 

THROUGH 1 PM. THESE AREAS RECEIVED 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN LAST 

NIGHT...SO THE GROUND IS SATURATED. RUNOFF FROM THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND 

FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS IS LIKELY.



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 4446 9703 4424 9698 4424 9746 4448 9732

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