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000 

WGUS73 KFSD 051730

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1228 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



SDC009-035-061-067-087-125-135-051945-

/O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080605T1945Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DAVISON SD-HANSON SD-MCCOOK SD-TURNER SD-HUTCHINSON SD-YANKTON SD-

BON HOMME SD-

1228 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR BON

HOMME...WESTERN YANKTON...HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN TURNER...

SOUTHWESTERN MCCOOK...SOUTHERN HANSON AND SOUTHEASTERN DAVISON

COUNTIES...



AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR BRIDGEWATER..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



AT 1155 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN TRIPP. RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 0.85 INCH WHICH FELL IN 20 MINUTES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 

ETHAN.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH

DAKOTA.



LAT...LON 4365 9811 4370 9759 4351 9724 4291 9743

      4289 9804 4319 9808

TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 233DEG 35KT 4362 9748



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000 

WGUS73 KFSD 051730

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

1228 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



SDC009-035-061-067-087-125-135-051945-

/O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080605T1945Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DAVISON SD-HANSON SD-MCCOOK SD-TURNER SD-HUTCHINSON SD-YANKTON SD-

BON HOMME SD-

1228 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR BON

HOMME...WESTERN YANKTON...HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN TURNER...

SOUTHWESTERN MCCOOK...SOUTHERN HANSON AND SOUTHEASTERN DAVISON

COUNTIES...



AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS

LOCATED NEAR BRIDGEWATER..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



AT 1155 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN TRIPP. RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF 0.85 INCH WHICH FELL IN 20 MINUTES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 

ETHAN.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING

FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH

DAKOTA.



LAT...LON 4365 9811 4370 9759 4351 9724 4291 9743

      4289 9804 4319 9808

TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 233DEG 35KT 4362 9748



$$



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