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WGUS73 KFSD 151334

FFSFSD

IAC041-059-141-151400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

833 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR CLAY...

OBRIEN AND DICKINSON COUNTIES...



AT 825 AM CDT...RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA.  

HOWEVER...FLOODING DOES CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS RUNOFF 

FROM HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT CONTINUES.  AT 815 AM CDT...DICKINSON 

COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THERE WAS WATER ON THE ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY 9 

AND 71 IN SPIRIT LAKE.  IN ADDITION...WATER WAS OVER 255TH AVENUE 

NEAR FRANCIS SITES SOUTH OF SPIRIT LAKE.  AT 810 AM CDT...LOCAL 

MEDIA ALSO REPORTED THAT BASEMENTS WERE BEING FLOODED NEAR ROYAL.



RADAR ESTIMATES OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WERE REPORTED IN A LARGE PORTION OF 

DICKINSON...CLAY AND SOUTHERN OBRIEN COUNTIES.  SOME ROADS MAY 

STILL HAVE WATER RUNNING OVER THEM...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 4292 9586 4292 9492 4349 9491 4350 9541

      4324 9539 4326 9586



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