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WGUS73 KFSD 171952

FFSFSD

IAC041-172115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

252 PM CDT FRI SEP 17 2004



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

COUNTY...



AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM HARTLEY THROUGH 

SPENCER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. 

RAINFALL..OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE AROUND 

MONETA...SPENCER...AND DICKENS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18 IN CLAY COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM CDT.



BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED THAT 3.7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE 

CLAY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN SPENCER.  SPENCER AIRPORT REPORTED AROUND 

2.25 INCHES OF RAIN. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SPENCER AND 

ROYAL. IN ADDITION...STONY CREEK WEST OF SPENCER MAY RISE ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL.



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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