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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

731 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

  DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 731 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RAINFALL RATES OF MORE THAN 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AND 0.5 INCH IN 10 

TO 15 MINUTES...ARE BEING OBSERVED IN THE WARNED AREA AND WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH 800 AM. RUNOFF FROM THESE INTENSE RAINFALLS WILL 

LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ON SMALL CREEKS AND URBAN FLOODING OF ROADS 

AND INTERSECTIONS THROUGH 930 AM.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4245 9589 4225 9571 4233 9691 4248 9686

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