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SDC023-043-053-250530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

828 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREGORY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  CHARLES MIX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL UP TO 5 TO 6 INCHES OVER PARTS OF 

THIS AREA...WITH ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 3 INCHES. RADAR 

ALSO INDICATES A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF THE 

AREA IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST INTO THE WARNED 

AREA. THEREFORE THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY 

THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENING HOURS.



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 4348 9813 4300 9814 4301 9948 4347 9948



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