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WGUS73 KFSD 081006

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

504 AM CDT THU SEP 8 2005



SDC099-081115-

MINNEHAHA SD-

506 AM CDT THU SEP 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR MINNEHAHA

COUNTY...



AT 504 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES AND PUBLIC REPORTS 

SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE SIOUX 

FALLS METRO AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 20 TO 40 MINUTES 

ACROSS MUCH OF SIOUX FALLS BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM CDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4381 9710 4353 9709 4352 9648 4382 9651



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