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WGUS73 KFSD 050706

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

201 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



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BEADLE SD-

201 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN BEADLE COUNTY...



AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHEAST BEADLE 

COUNTY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED 4.54 INCHES RAIN HAD FALLEN AS 

OF 1230 AM CDT. AS OF 200 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER 

PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST BEADLE COUNTY. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED.



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 4421 9840 4420 9789 4464 9787 4461 9832



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