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WGUS73 KFSD 090349

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1048 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



MNC063-090500-

JACKSON MN-

1048 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR JACKSON

COUNTY...



AT 1030 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT

STREET FLOODING IN LAKEFIELD. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A 

PERSISTENT BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF JACKSON 

COUNTY...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO AROUND CHEROKEE IOWA. IN THE PAST 90 

MINUTES...ALMOST AN INCH OF RAINFALL WAS REPORTED IN WINDOM. THE 

BAND OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD...BUT RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...GRADUALLY 

DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY.



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.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



LAT...LON 4350 9548 4349 9511 4385 9509 4385 9546



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