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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

920 AM CDT TUE JUL 24 2001



...URBAN FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR...



...MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

...LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...



AT 925 AM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR VALLEY 

SPRINGS AND BALTIC. THE TRAIL EDGE OF THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING OVER 

SIOUX FALLS. 1.56 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT JOE FOSS FIELD SINCE

8 AM CDT. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THREE 

HOURS AFTER THIS HEAVY BAND PASSES.  



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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