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WGUS73 KFSD 210953

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

453 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2005



SDC023-211100-

CHARLES MIX SD-

453 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR CHARLES MIX

COUNTY...



AT 448 AM CDT...RAINFALL HAD COME TO AN END ACROSS CHARLES MIX 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

TO CREATE A FLOODING RISK OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL FROM NEAR PLATTE AND GEDDES...SOUTHWARD TO AROUND WAGNER.

REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE AREAS FROM AROUND RAVINIA TO 

WAGNER WERE ESPECIALLY HARD HIT BY THE RAINFALL...WITH SEVERAL ROADS 

UNDER WATER OR IMPASSABLE...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF LAKE ANDES.



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. 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.



LAT...LON 4336 9872 4321 9886 4286 9818 4316 9811



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