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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1009 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR...



...WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



A BAND OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR FELL FROM CLIMBING 

HILL TO ANTHON.  THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THIS RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF 

WOODBURY CONNTY.  EXCEPT FOR A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS NEAR 

SMITHLAND...RAIN HAS ENDED AND WATER IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY RECEDE 

FROM RURAL ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS.  HOWEVER...SOME ROADS MAY STILL 

HAVE WATER RUNNING OVER THEM THROUGH 1030 PM CDT.



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...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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