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000 

WGUS53 KFSD 100020

FFWFSD

NEC051-100615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

719 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 714 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

DIXON COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGED FROM 3 TO 3.5 INCHES 

BETWEEN MARTINSBURG AND NEWCASTLE.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO 

EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...BRINGING MORE 

RAINFALL TO THE AREA.



AT 713 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE DAILY 

CREEK WAS RUNNING OUT OF ITS BANKS WEST OF MARTINSBURG.



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 4276 9702 4265 9678 4253 9663 4253 9672

          4226 9673 4226 9702



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