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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA…
OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
EASTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
EASTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…
EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 145 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TRAINING OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON RESULTING IN SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA
ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH OR MORE IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS.

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.

&&

LAT…LON 4349 9594 4349 9540 4256 9572 4256 9574
4249 9574 4221 9583 4221 9627

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GILLISPIE