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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

237 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

  FALLEN SINCE 1 AM CDT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF OVER AN INCH MAY 

  OCCUR IN THE NEXT HOUR PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.



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 4289 9546 4261 9547 4260 9583 4291 9585



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