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IAC021-091200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

405 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 405 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY.  

  PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER 

  PORTIONS OF BUENA VISTA COUNTY.  WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

  AROUND AN INCH...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL PRODUCE FLASH 

  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE 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.



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 4287 9530 4260 9530 4255 9510 4287 9507



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