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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

748 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



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MINNEHAHA SD-

748 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR 

SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY...



AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALL LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



AT 737 PM...TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED ALONG KIWANIS 

BETWEEN 22ND AND 33RD STREET.



AT 745 PM...WATER ONE FOOT DEEP WAS REPORTED AT 41ST STREET AND 

LOUISE.  WATER TO A DEPTH OF ONE AND A HALF FEET WAS REPORTED AT 

49TH STREET  AND LOUISE CAUSING VEHICLES TO STALL. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4350 9708 4350 9646 4372 9647 4372 9670

      4372 9705



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