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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

550 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR...



...SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE 

CENTRAL PART OF SIOUX COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IN THE PAST FEW HOURS IN SIOUX COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 

INCHES IS LIKELY IN SOME AREAS OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF 

THE COUNTY THROUGH 645 AM CDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS URBAN AREAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSSED

FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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