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WGUS53 KFSD 100209

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SDC027-127-100330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

908 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BETWEEN VERMILLION AND 

  ELK POINT.  THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY MOST OF THE 

  NIGHT.  HOWEVER...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING TO THE 

  EAST AT AROUND 10 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4284 9689 4274 9691 4264 9664 4281 9665



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