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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

905 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED FOR...



...EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

...CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

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



AT 900 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WERE QUICKLY DECREASING IN INTENSITY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN 

INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1030 AM...BUT WITH THE LESSER RAINFALL 

INTENSITY...RUNOFF WILL BE SLOWER AND SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.



URBAN AREAS WILL SEE WATER LEVELS DROPPING OFF RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT 

HOUR. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH 

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NO ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED. NO 

REPORTS OF ANY RIVER OR STREAM FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AND 

WATER LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BEGIN DROPPING FAIRLY 

QUICKLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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