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WGUS73 KFSD 210339

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1037 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005



MNC081-083-101-SDC011-210415-

LYON MN-LINCOLN MN-MURRAY MN-BROOKINGS SD-

1037 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005



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

NORTHEASTERN BROOKINGS...NORTHERN MURRAY...LINCOLN AND LYON 

COUNTIES...



AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AREA 

EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...RUNOFF 

FROM THE EARLIER RAINS CAN CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING FOR SOME TIME 

YET. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BROOKINGS AROUND 915 PM CDT.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SIOUX

FALLS.



LAT...LON 4464 9653 4444 9664 4394 9551 4429 9550



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