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WGUS73 KFSD 300402

FFSFSD

SDC099-101-300715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1100 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR MINNEHAHA

AND MOODY COUNTIES...



THE VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE DECREASED LATE THIS EVENING...BUT MORE 

HEAVY RAIN SHOULD REDEVELOP THROUGH 2 AM CDT. ANOTHER ONE INCH OF 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE THE REST OF TONIGHT. 



WIDESPREAD URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING HAS OCCURRED WITH THE

3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS EVENING. OFFICIALLY 3.94 INCHES OF 

RAIN WAS RECORDED SO FAR THIS EVENING AT SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT.

RAINFALL REPORTS TO 5.5 INCHES WERE RECEIVED IN CENTRAL SIOUX FALLS. 

WATER UP TO TWO FEET DEEP OVER ROADS HAS STRANDED VEHICLES.



SKUNK CREEK HAS GONE OVER FLOOD STAGE IN SOME PLACES...INCLUDING

AT HARTFORD. IT IS LIKELY SOME AREA RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL GO OVER 

FLOOD STAGE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SIOUX FALLS AREA AND POINTS SOUTH 

AND EAST. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



LAT...LON 4352 9647 4352 9712 4418 9672 4420 9647



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