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IAC149-291045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

241 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 241 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAD FALLEN 

ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY.  IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 11 PM CDT.  WHILE THE RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING IN FIELDS AND IN LOW 

LYING AREAS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY.



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 4273 9628 4257 9626 4258 9644 4271 9656

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