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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

333 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 333 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING IDA 

  COUNTY.  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 2 HOURS 

  ACROSS IDA COUNTY.  WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING ANOTHER 1 

  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 530 AM CDT.  THIS WILL 

  RESULT IN 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 4255 9567 4227 9566 4223 9546 4255 9543



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