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WGUS73 KFSD 161206

FFSFSD

SDC099-161300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

705 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR...



...SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...



RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE 

BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY SINCE 400 AM. ANOTHER 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THIS AREA THROUGH 730 

AM...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THIS 

LINE OF STORMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON SKUNK CREEK AND THE 

BIG SIOUX RIVER IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SIOUX FALLS. SIGNIFICANT 

URBAN FLOODING ACROSS THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS IS ALSO LIKELY THROUGH 

830 AM.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

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

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

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4369 9649 4352 9647 4352 9676 4352 9701 4369 9698



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