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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

335 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR...



...NORTHERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...



NUMEROUS SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO TO FOUR INCHES 

RAINFALL FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FROM AREAS NORTH OF 

HENDRICKS...TO TAUNTON...TO NORTH OF MINNEOTA...TO GREEN VALLEY.

EFFECTS OF THUNDERSTORM RUNOFF WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RURAL 

PONDING...AS WELL AS WATER ON SOME LESSER MAINTAINED ROADS...AND IN 

POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 



WATER WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC OVER TOWNSHIP ROADS 3 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF MINNEOTA.



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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