BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
851 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
WASHTA.

OVERALL RADAR TRENDS ARE SHOWING A DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN NORTHWEST IOWA. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL
CELLS CONTINUE TO REFORM OVER A SECTION OF SOUTHWEST CHEROKEE
COUNTY. DUE TO PERIODIC RAIN DEVELOPMENT…FLASH FLOODING IS A
SERIOUS CONCERN OVER RURAL ROADS, DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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LAT…LON 4256 9583 4273 9582 4273 9567 4256 9567

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MJF