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WGUS73 KFSD 220327

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1025 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



IAC021-035-220415-

CHEROKEE IA-BUENA VISTA IA-

1025 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

BUENA VISTA AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES...



AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF NEWELL TO 17

MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUIMBY..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



SPOTTERS REPORT 3.5 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN CHEROKEE BETWEEN 630 PM 

AND 1015 PM CDT. BASEMENT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CHEROKEE... 

AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY. 

AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ALSO SHOW OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LINN GROVE 

IN NORTHERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM CDT.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING

FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.



LAT...LON 4292 9493 4291 9586 4258 9586 4258 9492



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