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WGUS73 KFSD 220351

FFSFSD

IAC035-041-141-149-220500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1045 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PLYMOUTH...

CHEROKEE...CLAY AND OBRIEN COUNTIES...



AT 1045 PM CDT...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE TEMPORARILY MOVED 

SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA...BUT VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLASH 

FLOODING. MORE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT.



AT 1007 PM CDT...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 3 IN LEMARS.



PERRY CREEK AND THE FLOYD RIVER WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



ALSO AT 1038 PM CDT...4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN CAUSED PONDING OF WATER 

IN WEBB IN CLAY COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 4291 9649 4257 9649 4257 9589 4291 9539

          4291 9493 4325 9496 4314 9570 4291 9587



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