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WGUS73 KFSD 300105

FFSFSD

SDC099-300200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

800 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MINNEHAHA

COUNTY...



AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SIOUX FALLS TO SHERMAN...OR ALONG

A LINE EXTENDING FROM SIOUX FALLS TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUVERNE...

MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. MORE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST 

DURING THE EVENING...CAUSING MORE WATER PROBLEMS. THERE HAS BEEN 

1.71 INCHES RAINFALL AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT SO FAR.



ALREADY FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SIOUX FALLS...WITH A FOOT OF 

WATER OVER THE ROADS. IT WAS REPORTED A HOUSE FOUNDATION COLLAPSED

IN CENTRAL SIOUX FALLS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4385 9680 4350 9696 4350 9646 4384 9647



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