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WGUS73 KFSD 050222

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

919 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



IAC035-141-143-MNC105-050415-

OSCEOLA IA-OBRIEN IA-CHEROKEE IA-NOBLES MN-

919 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

NOBLES...CHEROKEE...OBRIEN AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES...



AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  ALTHOUGH THE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE COMING 

TO AN END OVER THE WARNED AREA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 

NOBLES AND NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES WILL CREATE LOCALIZED HEAVY 

RAINFALL ONLY AGITATING FLOODED AREAS.



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 4261 9585 4260 9547 4383 9550 4377 9585



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