BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1258 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
EASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
IDA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1253 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON. THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND
AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS OF THIS LAST WEEKEND…SO RUNOFF FROM THE
RAINS WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. ALSO…
INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCH IN 30 MINUTES WILL LEAD TO
STREET FLOODING IN ANY URBAN AREAS.

* 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…ARTHUR…AURELIA…BATTLE
CREEK…CHEROKEE…CORRECTIONVILLE…CUSHING…DANBURY…GALVA…
HOLSTEIN…LAKESIDE…LINN GROVE…MARATHON…NEWELL…QUIMBY…
SIOUX RAPIDS…SMITHLAND…TRUESDALE AND WASHTA.

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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LAT…LON 4220 9596 4291 9551 4290 9492 4256 9491
4255 9538 4248 9538 4247 9531 4220 9533

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GILLISPIE