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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

854 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

  MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  COLTON TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALL LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 

  25 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE ENTIRE 

AREA THROUGH 2 AM CDT.



ALREADY WIDESPREAD URBAN AND RURAL FLOODING HAS OCCURRED WITH THE

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS OCCURRED.



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.



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 4352 9647 4352 9712 4418 9672 4420 9647



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