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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1011 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  NORTHEASTERN O'BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF
  THE AREA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE HEAVIEST RAIN
  LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA AROUND 11 PM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...SPENCER...SPIRIT LAKE...ARNOLDS PARK...EVERLY...
  FOSTORIA...LAKE PARK...LAKEFIELD...MILFORD...OKOBOJI...ORLEANS...
  WAHPETON AND WEST OKOBOJI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4308 9504 4310 9545 4372 9524 4372 9488

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 JH