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RWUS32 KFSD 220934

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IAZ021-022-221200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

432 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 7 AM CDT FOR...



...CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

...BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE WATER HAD GONE OVER RIVER 

ROAD SOUTH OF THE CITY OF CHEROKEE AT 330 AM CDT.  WIDESPREAD SEWAGE 

BACKUP WAS REPORTED IN HOMES ACROSS CHEROKEE AS OF 355 AM CDT...AND 

LOW LYING CAMPGROUNDS WERE INUNDATED WITH WATER.  RAINFALL IN 

CHEROKEE HAD REACHED 3.25 INCHES THROUGH 4 AM CDT AND IT WAS STILL 

RAINING.  



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS CHEROKEE AND 

BUENA VISTA COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 AM CDT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE 

STORMS 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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