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WGUS73 KFSD 171927

FFSFSD

IAC041-172115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

227 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CLAY

COUNTY...



AT 227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN CLAY 

COUNTY.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST 30 MPH.  

RAIN..OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN CLAY 

COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SPENCER...THROUGH 3 PM.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.  THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES THAT HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON.



BROADCAST MEDIA HAS REPORTED THAT ROYAL HAS RECEIVED 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN...WITH 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED IN SPENCER.  STREET 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ROYAL.  MINOR STREAT FLOODING WAS ALSO 

REPORTED IN PARTS OF SPENCER.



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 4325 9540 4292 9540 4292 9493 4325 9494



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