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WGUS73 KFSD 202239

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

535 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005



IAC059-MNC063-210045-

DICKINSON IA-JACKSON MN-

535 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN 

JACKSON AND NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...



AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA HAD MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

HAVE BEEN REPORTED...WITH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF THAT RAIN FALLING IN 30 

MINUTES OR LESS WHEN THE STRONGEST STORMS MOVED THROUGH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 600 PM...BUT RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

RAINS CAN STILL CAUSE FLOODING FOR SOME TIME YET.



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 4367 9545 4338 9537 4336 9495 4365 9489



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