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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

651 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 650 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

  AND SPOTTER RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS INDICATED FROM THREE TO SIX

  INCHES RAINFALL FROM NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY

  NEAR REMSEN...THROUGH MOST OF CHEROKEE AND BUENA VISTA COUTNIES.

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN ADDITIONAL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS

  OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING TOWARD THE ALREADY 

  SATURATED AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES

  OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.



THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHEROKEE AND

BUENA VISTA COUNTIES.  CONSIDERABLE RURAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY 

THE MEDIA 10 MILES NORTH OF AURELIA IN FAR WESTERN BUENA VISTA 

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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 4289 9501 4258 9502 4258 9617 4291 9630

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