BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
257 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 209 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA…WITH ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…IDA GROVE…ANTHON…ARTHUR…BATTLE CREEK…CORRECTIONVILLE…CUSHING…DANBURY…GALVA…HOLSTEIN…HORNICK…LAWTON…MOVILLE…PIERSON…SALIX…SLOAN AND SMITHLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.