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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

225 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 218 AM CDT.....LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT STREET FLOODING 

CONTINUES...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.  THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED 

ACROSS THE SIOUX CITY AREA. BUT WITH RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 

INCHES AROUND SIOUX CITY...CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL RESULT IN STREET 

FLOODING AND SOME FLOODING OF BASEMENTS.



IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE PERRY CREEK BASIN 

IN SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY.  AT THIS TIME...PERRY CREEK REMAINS 

BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  HOWEVER...PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF PERRY CREEK 

WILL WANT TO MONITOR FUTURE STATEMENTS SHOULD THE WATER RISE RAPIDLY 

IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4256 9613 4224 9612 4225 9630 4254 9640

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