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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

145 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR...



...LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

...LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...



AT 145 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF LINCOLN AND LYON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA 

THROUGH 300 PM. RAINFALL FROM THE EARLIER STORMS HAS TOTALLED 1 TO 3 

INCHES IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

EVENTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE OVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

RAINS CAN STILL CAUSE RISES ON AREA STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES. 

FLOODING OF ROADS AND INTERESECTIONS IN URBAN AREAS IS STILL 

POSSIBLE WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THE ONGOING THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY.



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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