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WGUS73 KFSD 150830

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

324 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006



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CHEROKEE IA-

324 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR

CHEROKEE COUNTY...



AT 320 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA 

OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES...UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES...HAS FALLEN IN THE MERIDEN AREA 

OF CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE AUTOMATED WEATHER 

SYSTEM AT CHEROKEE HAS MEASURED 1.84 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 3 AM.  

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CHEROKEE...WHERE 

AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



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 4257 9570 4257 9541 4290 9541 4289 9572



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