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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

344 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR...



...CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 345 AM CDT.  

RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH 430 AM WITH MOST LOCATION 

RECEIVING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF LESS THAN AN INCH.  

HOWEVER...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.  ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL INCREASE RUNOFF AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.



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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