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WGUS53 KFSD 161603

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IAC093-161800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1100 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 1055 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  NEAR IDA GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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.



INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MOST OF

THE COUNTY. EXPECT ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL INCHES OF PRECIPITATION

OVER THE NEXT HOUR CONTRIBUTING TO RISES IN SMALL 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.



LAT...LON 4254 9566 4223 9567 4223 9536 4256 9535



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