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WGUS73 KFSD 162115

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

412 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007



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MINNEHAHA SD-

412 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY...



AT 407 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS STILL OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE 

ENDED...BUT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR WATER LEVELS IN THE STREETS 

AND OTHER URBAN AREAS TO RECEDE. AT 355 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED 

3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS IN COLTON...WHICH PRODUCED 

STREET FLOODING WITH WATER AS MUCH AS A FOOT DEEP.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4369 9698 4370 9656 4384 9657 4384 9698



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