BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
932 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 925 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN
ESTIMATED 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR MASKELL AND ROAD
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
PONCA…VERMILLION…ALLEN…CONCORD…DIXON…ELK POINT…
MARTINSBURG…MASKELL AND NEWCASTLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.