Flash Flood Warning

Flash Flood Warning for Woodbury, Sioux and Plymouth Counties until 3:30pm

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1227 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WESTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…
DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA…
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA…
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA…
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 1225 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS COULD
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…URBAN AREAS…HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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LAT…LON 4224 9632 4226 9633 4228 9636 4228 9673
4226 9673 4226 9702 4256 9702 4325 9662
4325 9600 4221 9626 4221 9634

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