Flooding, Severe Weather

Flash Flood Warning (Lyon, Lincoln SD, Minnehaha SD) until Midnight

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
855 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 849 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
AFTER AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL REPORTED IN SOUTHEASTERN PARTS
OF SIOUX FALLS…ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SPREAD INTO
SOUTHEAST SIOUX FALLS AND AREAS TO THE EAST TOWARD VALLEY SPRINGS
AND ROWENA…WHERE ONE TO ONE AN A HALF INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL
IN A BRIEF TIME THROUGH 1030 PM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ROWENA AND VALLEY SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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LAT…LON 4360 9645 4342 9653 4347 9678 4355 9665
4357 9659

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CHAPMAN