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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1013 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CONTINUED A

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS

EVENING. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST...WHILE

INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH. THIS WILL PRODUCE

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOME AREAS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES

ARE POSSIBLE. THIS RAIN 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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