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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

948 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004



...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY MORNING FOR

URBAN AND RIVER FLOODING...



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD

WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CDT FRIDAY. THIS WATCH

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS...



IN SOUTH DAKOTA:



AURORA...BEADLE...BON HOMME...BRULE...CHARLES MIX...DAVISON...

DOUGLAS...GREGORY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON...JERAULD...KINGSBURY...

MINER...SANBORN AND YANKTON.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE CHAMBERLAIN...HURON...LAKE ANDES...

MITCHELL...PICKSTOWN AND YANKTON.



THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND

WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED MOVE INTO EASTERN SUTH

DAKOTA TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AFTER

SUNSET. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES

OF RAIN...WHICH WOULD QUICKLY RUN OFF INTO RIVERS...SMALL

STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY

POSSIBLE IN URBAN AREAS.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS

REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS.

KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF

A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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WILLIAMS

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