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WGUS73 KFSD 050022

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

719 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



IAC149-193-SDC127-050100-

PLYMOUTH IA-WOODBURY IA-UNION SD-

721 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR

UNION...WOODBURY AND PLYMOUTH COUNTIES...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH ROADS AND 

INTERSECTIONS UNDER WATER IN HUBBARD...AND STREET FLOODING IN PARTS 

OF THE SIOUX CITY METRO AREA.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THESE AREAS...BUT RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN HIGH WATER LEVELS IN SOME 

AREAS THROUGH 800 PM CDT...WITH THE MORE URBAN AREAS SEEING LOWERING 

WATER LEVELS MORE QUICKLY.



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.



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 4231 9627 4241 9639 4246 9638 4248 9639

      4250 9646 4249 9649 4257 9660 4285 9671

      4286 9593 4286 9593



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