BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1057 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
O’BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1055 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…SPENCER…SPIRIT LAKE…ARCHER…ARNOLDS PARK…ASHTON…EVERLY…FOSTORIA…GREENVILLE…HARRIS…HARTLEY…LAKE PARK…MELVIN… MILFORD…OCHEYEDAN…OKOBOJI…ORLEANS…PAULLINA…PETERSON…PRIMGHAR…ROYAL…SANBORN…SHELDON…SIBLEY…SUPERIOR… SUTHERLAND…TERRIL…WAHPETON…WEBB AND WEST OKOBOJI.

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.