BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1133 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 1128 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING 1 TO 2 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS PER
HOUR IN THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER THE
SAME LOCATION…MEANING THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE GIVING A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH MIDDAY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. AREAS ESPECIALLY PRONE TO FLOODING WILL BE LOW LYING
LOCATIONS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…SPENCER…EVERLY…FOSTORIA…
HARTLEY…MILFORD…PRIMGHAR AND TERRIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF SMALL CREEKS OR STREAMS…AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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LAT…LON 4317 9492 4297 9564 4320 9564 4326 9545
4326 9539 4328 9539 4342 9492

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MJF