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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

605 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001



THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR 

NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATED PRECIPITATION 

SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 

OCCURRED FROM SOUTH OF ADRIAN...THROUGH RUSHMORE...TO NEAR READING...

WHERE 4 TO 5 INCHES RAINFALL WAS INDICATED.  SPOTTERS IN RUSHMORE 

DID REPORT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 4PM.



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF...EXPECT TO FIND AREAS WITH 

POOR DRAINAGE TO CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT SOME PONDING INTO EARLY 

EVENING...AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO CONTINUE TO RUN AT HIGH 

LEVELS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR DRIVE INTO

ANY PONDED WATER.



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CHAPMAN

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