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WGUS73 KFSD 100252

FFSFSD

IAC193-NEC043-051-100445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

952 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...



...DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

...WESTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

...DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA 1130 PM CDT...



WHILE MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE 

AREA...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH OVER THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE 

DURING THIS TIME...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN 

MANY LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER DIXON COUNTY.



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.



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.



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