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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

250 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002



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



...DAVISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...



AT 249 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY 

RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS DAVISON COUNTY WITH RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 

AND 4 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. AT 230 AM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR 

DAVISON COUNTY REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING 

IN THE MITCHELL AREA WITH WATER UP TO THE SIDEWALKS IN PLACES. 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DAVISON COUNTY 

THROUGH 315 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.



RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING TO THE 

EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL 

MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER 430 AM. 



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BOUSTEAD

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