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WGUS73 KFSD 161304

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SDC099-161330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

804 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



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



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



AT 800 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS MINNEHAHA COUNTY. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY SINCE 400 AM... 

AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES WILL 

BE ENDING BY 830 AM. URBAN FLOODING AROUND SIOUX FALLS WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH 830 AM...AND FLOODING ALONG SKUNK CREEK AND THE BIG SIOUX 

RIVER IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SIOUX FALLS IS ALSO LIKELY.



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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