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WGUS73 KFSD 010145

FFSFSD

MNC105-010330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

844 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NOBLES

COUNTY...



AT 835 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THE BACK EDGE OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED 

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELLSWORTH TO RUSHMORE...MOVING SOUTHEAST 

AT 15 MPH.  THE CURRENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD EXIT SOUTHERN 

NOBLES COUNTY BY 915 PM...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS STILL 

POSSIBLE.  IT WILL ALSO TAKE SOME TIME FOR EXISTING FLOODING TO 

SUBSIDE...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.



BETWEEN 745 PM CDT AND 8 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING 

ON DIRT ROADS 1 MILE SOUTH OF ADRIAN...AS WELL AS 2 MILES SOUTHEAST 

OF RUSHMORE.  THE HEAVY RAIN WAS WASHING OUT PARTS OF DIRT ROADS 

SOUTHEAST OF RUSHMORE...AND DRIVING WAS VERY DANGEROUS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 4385 9606 4350 9605 4350 9549 4384 9550



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