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WGUS73 KFSD 050452

FFSFSD

IAC093-193-050515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1150 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1 AM FOR...



...WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

...IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF WOODBURY AND IDA 

COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO 

FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 AM...AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE 

WEST TO EAST...FROM NEAR SERGEANT BLUFF TO IDA GROVE. 



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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BOUSTEAD

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