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WGUS73 KFSD 220709

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

207 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005



SDC027-127-220800-

UNION SD-CLAY SD-

207 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR CLAY AND

UNION COUNTIES...



AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A PERSISTENT BAND OF RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF CLAY AND UNION 

COUNTIES.  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WAS CENTERED 

FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF VERMILLION...TO NEAR JUNCTION CITY AND 

SPINK...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50.  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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4284 9716 4268 9668 4291 9655 4309 9716



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