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WGUS73 KFSD 080913

FFSFSD

SDC027-080945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

411 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR...



...NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...



AT 410 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED 

TO MOVE OF CLAY COUNTY BY 430 AM.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.  HOWEVER...WITH ESTIMATES OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 1 AM...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE AS WATER FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO RUN OFF.



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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