Flooding, Severe Weather

Flash Flood Warning for Lyon and NW Sioux Counties until 7:30pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
324 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 320 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS OR MOVING INTO THE
WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
CANTON…PARKER…ROCK RAPIDS…ALVORD…CHANCELLOR…DAVIS…
DOON…FAIRVIEW…FREEMAN…GEORGE…HULL…HURLEY…INWOOD…
LARCHWOOD…LENNOX…LESTER…LITTLE ROCK…MARION…MENNO…NEWTON
HILLS STATE PARK…ROCK VALLEY…VIBORG AND WORTHING.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES…
DIPS…OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM…
EVEN A SMALL ONE…ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

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LAT…LON 4313 9612 4318 9759 4350 9760 4342 9658
4350 9660 4349 9586

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GILLISPIE