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MNZ097-030700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

105 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2002



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



...PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...



RAINFALL FROM ONE ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR 

HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PIPESTONE COUNTY. THE 

PIPESTONE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD

13...ONE AND A HALF TO TWO MILES SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 30...AT 1220 

AM CDT.  ALSO...THE VIADUCT ON HIGHWAY 30 IN PIPESTONE HAS BEEN 

BLOCKADED FOR UP TO 5 FEET OF PONDED WATER AS OF 100 AM.



THE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS

AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO REDEVELOP THROUGH THE 

REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.



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.

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