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WGUS53 KFSD 150017

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IAC021-035-041-059-141-150415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

712 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

  OBRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 709 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN  

  FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT 

THE AREA. THIS HAS CAUSE CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING 

AREAS WITH SOME STREET FLOODING. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA DURING NEXT TWO TO FOUR HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...URBAN STREETS... AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 4260 9581 4263 9499 4345 9503 4318 9539

      4317 9577



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