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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1258 PM 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 230 PM CDT



* AT 1255 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY   

HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAUSING WIDE SPREAD STREET 

FLOODING IN IDA GROVE AND BATTLE CREEK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



LEVELS ON BATTLE CREEK...ODEBOLT CREEK...THE MAPLE RIVER ARE LIKELY 

TO CONTINUE TO RISE AS RESULT OF THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. BETWEEN NOON 

AND NEAR 100 PM OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS MEASURED IN BATTLE 

CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS 

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY UNTIL MID AFTERNOON.



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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