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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

140 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2001



...URBAN FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 145 AM CDT FOR...



...DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

...CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 300 AM... 

BUT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING EARLIER 

HAVE MOVED NORTH OF THE REGION. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP 

RAPIDLY THROUGH 3 AM AS STORM SEWERS GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE FLOW OF 

WATER AND LOCAL RUNOFF MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE URBAN 

FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 145 AM.



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.

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