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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1255 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR...



...EASTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

...WESTERN BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...



AT 100 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BREAK IN THE 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAIN IS LIKELY 

THROUGH 200 PM AS A CLUSTER OF STORMS CURRENTLY OVER MINER COUNTY 

MOVE NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS 

EXPECTED. 



RAINFALL REPORTS FROM LAST NIGHT IN THE WARNED AREA WERE 2 TO 4 

INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. THE STORMS FROM 

EARLIER THIS MORNING ADDED ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RUNOFF 

FROM ALL OF THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP WATER LEVELS IN 

STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES HIGH THROUGH 2 PM.



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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