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WGUS53 KFSD 100803

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SDC083-099-100930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

301 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 301 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

  REPORTS GREATER THAN 2.70 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH HEAVY RAIN

  CONTINUING IN THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY IN 

  THE NEXT 1 TO 2 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 4358 9693 4344 9691 4340 9661 4360 9662



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