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WGUS73 KFSD 161710

FFSFSD

IAC093-161800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1205 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR IDA COUNTY...



AT 1201 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE 

OVER THE COUNTY. ONE PARTICULARLY HEAVY STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES 

EAST OF GALVA... NEAR STORM LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



AT 1126 AM STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN IDA GROVE AND SOME CARS 

HAD BEEN STALLED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 4254 9566 4223 9567 4223 9536 4256 9535



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