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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

743 AM CDT WED AUG 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 743 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVERNIGHT IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AND THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE 

AREA WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE 

NEXT HOUR. FLOODING OF STREETS...INTERSECTIONS...AND UNDERPASSES IN 

URBAN AREAS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT RAPID RISES ON 

DITCHES...CREEKS...AND STREAMS IN RURAL AREAS WILL ALSO OCCUR. 



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 4371 9611 4353 9611 4352 9682 4374 9683

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