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WGUS73 KFSD 201430

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

927 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



MNC063-201545-

JACKSON MN-

927 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR

JACKSON COUNTY...



AT 922 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. COUNTY ROADS 9 AND 34 NORTH OF THE 

SIOUX VALLEY AREA ARE FLOODED...AS WELL AS COUNTY ROAD 86 SOUTH OF 

LAKEFIELD. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BERGEN 

THROUGH JACKSON TO NEAR SPIRIT LAKE AT 925 AM...AND WILL BE MOVING 

QUICKLY OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 945 AM. LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH 

ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED...BUT FLOODING FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1045 AM.



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.



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 4351 9542 4349 9487 4383 9487 4383 9543



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MG

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000 

WGUS73 KFSD 201430

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

927 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



MNC063-201545-

JACKSON MN-

927 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR

JACKSON COUNTY...



AT 922 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. COUNTY ROADS 9 AND 34 NORTH OF THE 

SIOUX VALLEY AREA ARE FLOODED...AS WELL AS COUNTY ROAD 86 SOUTH OF 

LAKEFIELD. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BERGEN 

THROUGH JACKSON TO NEAR SPIRIT LAKE AT 925 AM...AND WILL BE MOVING 

QUICKLY OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 945 AM. LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH 

ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED...BUT FLOODING FROM THE PREVIOUS RAINS 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1045 AM.



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.



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 4351 9542 4349 9487 4383 9487 4383 9543



$$



MG

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