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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

208 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR...



...PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



AT 208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO THE HINTON AND MERRILL AREAS.  

HOWEVER...THE STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO WEAKEN SO THAT RAINFALL OF AN 

INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED THROUGH 3 AM.



WHILE THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY... 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PAST 3 HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.  THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FARM 

FIELDS FLOODED WEST OF HINTON.  



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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