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WGUS73 KFSD 050322

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1022 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007



IAC021-050515-

BUENA VISTA IA-

1022 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

BUENA VISTA COUNTY...



AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 



URBAN FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF STORM LAKE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4258 9541 4257 9493 4286 9490 4284 9540



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