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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

400 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  NORTHEAST WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 356 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 

  ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN 

  AN HOUR ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

  DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA...AND MAY MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA LATER THIS MORNING PRODUCING FURTHER HEAVY RAINS. 



THE RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASIN WHERE GROUND 

IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS. THIS MAY LEAD TO RAPID 

RISES IN THE RIVER LEVELS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 



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.



LAT...LON 4269 9604 4240 9602 4261 9570 4263 9544

          4290 9545



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