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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

130 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR...



...MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...



AT 130 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD AND THROUGH MOODY COUNTY. 

STORMS FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING PRODUCED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

PARTS OF THE COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE  

THROUGH 230 PM. RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE RISES ON AREA 

STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITHCES...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THE 

THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN URBAN 

AREAS.



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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