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WGUS73 KFSD 130354

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1051 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



SDC003-023-043-053-130645-

AURORA SD-GREGORY SD-CHARLES MIX SD-DOUGLAS SD-

1051 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR 

AURORA...WESTERN DOUGLAS...CENTRAL CHARLES MIX AND SOUTHEASTERN 

GREGORY COUNTIES...



AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND SOUTH OF THE WARNED 

AREA. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF 

THE AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE 

INTO THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ADDING TO THE ESTIMATED 2 TO 

3 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SIOUX

FALLS.



LAT...LON 4349 9896 4351 9880 4387 9881 4393 9878

      4393 9835 4301 9850 4303 9913



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