Flooding, Severe Weather

Flash Flood Warning for Lyon, Minnehaha SD, Lincoln SD, Nobles MN, Rock MN, Pipestone MN and Murray MN) until 2am Sunday

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1017 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
NORTHWESTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
SOUTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHEASTERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
SOUTHWESTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1013 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES RAINFALL ARE COMMON ACROSS THE
AREA…WITH POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER INCH OR MORE RAINFALL THROUGH
100 AM CDT.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
LUVERNE…BEAVER CREEK…BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK…BRANDON…
CHANDLER…EDGERTON…HARDWICK…HARRISBURG…HILLS…LAKE
WILSON…LARCHWOOD…LISMORE…ROWENA…VALLEY SPRINGS AND WILMONT.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA…NORTHERN LINCOLN…AND NORTHWESTERN LYON
COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

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LAT…LON 4397 9607 4405 9580 4378 9573 4334 9652
4346 9679

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CHAPMAN