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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

215 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



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



...SOUTHEAST OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

...DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



AT 215 AM CDT RAINFALL CONTINUED BUT INTENSITY HAD DECREASED. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGH WATER OVER ROADS IN THE OKOBOJI AREA 

HAD DECREASED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL OF OVER THREE INCHES WAS INDICATED 

BY RADAR IN SOME AREAS. WATER MAY STILL BE OVER SOME ROADS...A 

HAZARD THAT CAN BE HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT. ALSO...THERE IS A DANGER OF 

LOCAL SMALL STREAM FLOODING.   



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.

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