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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

338 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM FOR...



...SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...



AT 337 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP...AND MOVE OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINFALL HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OF 

THE AREA...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THE REDEVELOPING ACTIVITY WILL 

PRODUCE ANOTHER QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 430 AM. 

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM AROUND 

THE SIOUX FALLS METRO AREA...AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

THROUGH 430 AM. 



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...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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BOUSTEAD

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