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WGUS73 KFSD 090202

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

902 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



IAC149-090415-

PLYMOUTH IA-

902 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PLYMOUTH

COUNTY...



AT 834 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN 

PARKING LOTS NEAR HIGHWAY 75 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LE MARS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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 4257 9639 4257 9607 4291 9584 4290 9617



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