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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1248 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2001



...URBAN FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR...



...DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

...CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF CLAY 

COUNTY. REPORTS AND RADAR ESTIMATES IN DICKINSON ARE GENERALLY IN 

THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED WIDEPSREAD 

FLOODING OF STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS AND CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF 

WATER. IN THE COMMUNITY OF ROYAL...THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED 

NO TRAVEL IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF FLOODED RAODS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. 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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