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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

510 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 500 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 

OVER HIGHWAY 60 NEAR BIGELOW MINNESOTA. THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT OF 

STREET FLOODING IN SPIRIT LAKE IOWA. THREE INCHES OF RAIN WAS 

REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED AT RUSHMORE MINNESOTA IN AN HOUR. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 

700 PM CDT OVER THE AREA.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 4330 9581 4330 9501 4402 9492 4406 9538

      4373 9541 4364 9576



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