BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1235 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
IDA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 1230 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
TO THE NORTH OF THIS WARNING EARLIER IN THE NIGHT…AND EXPECT
A CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…IDA
GROVE…STORM LAKE…ALBERT CITY…ALTA…ANTHON…ARTHUR…BATTLE
CREEK…CORRECTIONVILLE…CUSHING…DANBURY…EMERSON…GALVA…
GREENVILLE…HOLSTEIN…HOMER…HORNICK…LAKESIDE…LINN GROVE…
MARATHON…NEWELL…PETERSON…ROYAL…SALIX…SIOUX RAPIDS…
SLOAN…SMITHLAND…TRUESDALE AND WEBB.

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 4221 9635 4223 9633 4227 9635 4227 9673
4230 9672 4257 9549 4256 9539 4308 9539
4313 9491 4255 9491 4255 9538 4248 9538
4247 9531 4221 9533

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CHAPMAN