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IAC141-130745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

117 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OBRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 106 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING 

ACROSS MUCH OF OBRIEN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL OF 

ONE TO TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST 

ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 230 AM CDT.  



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.



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 4318 9571 4299 9576 4297 9546 4314 9553



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