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WGUS73 KFSD 312346

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

645 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005



NEC051-SDC027-010115-

DIXON NE-CLAY SD-

645 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 

CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN DIXON COUNTIES...



AT 600 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

STREET FLOODING IN VERMILLION WITH SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS CLOSED ON 

THE NORTHWEST...AND FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF TOWN...UNDER UP TO TWO 

FEET OF WATER.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY IN 

INTENSITY SINCE 530 PM...BUT LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 

PM. 



RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE PROBLEMS 

WITH URBAN PONDING IN AND AROUND MASKELL AND VERMILLION THROUGH 815 

PM...AND SMALL RURAL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE LIKELY TO BE OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS...INCLUDING LIME CREEK...EAST CREEK...AND AMES CREEK IN 

NORTHWEST DIXON COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 4260 9701 4271 9682 4295 9681 4290 9694

      4276 9700



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