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WGUS73 KFSD 192003

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

303 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



MNC033-192215-

COTTONWOOD MN-

303 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN COTTONWOOD COUNTY...



AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF TTHUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN COTTONWOOD 

COUNTY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING.  THEES STORM WAS 

LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF JEFFERS..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. AT 255 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER 

SPOTTER 4 MILES EAST OF JEFFERS REPORTED 4.1 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 

AM. THIS RAINFALL HAS SATURATED SOILS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUN WITH FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. 

THIS WILL MEAN ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE FLOODED. IN 

ADDITION...LOCALIZED FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG TRIBUTARIES OF 

THE LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER AND WATOWAN RIVERS AS WELL AS HIGHWATER 

CREEK AND DRY CREEK.



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 4419 9548 4395 9547 4398 9487 4411 9486

      4411 9512 4419 9512



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