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WGUS53 KFSD 160738

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

238 AM CDT MON AUG 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES RAINFALL AS A RESULT OF A CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF MURRAY COUNTY. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM AROUND LAKE SHETEK EASTWARD...TO 

NORTH OF DOVRAY AND CURRIE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 

TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH THROUGH 330 AM...WITH UP TO 

ANOTHER HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. 



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. IT IS IMPORTANT TO 

KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH 

CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID 

STREAMS OR CREEKS.



LAT...LON 4419 9589 4407 9587 4402 9547 4419 9547



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