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000 

WGUS73 KFSD 051847

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

145 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



IAC035-041-059-119-141-143-149-167-193-052045-

/O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080605T2045Z/

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

DICKINSON IA-OSCEOLA IA-LYON IA-SIOUX IA-OBRIEN IA-CLAY IA-

CHEROKEE IA-PLYMOUTH IA-WOODBURY IA-

145 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN WOODBURY...PLYMOUTH...WESTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN

CLAY...OBRIEN...EASTERN SIOUX...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LYON...OSCEOLA

AND WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...



AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCHEYEDAN...MOVING NORTH AT 45 

MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA SHORTLY...BUT 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 

THE AFTERNOON. ANY HEAVY RAINS OUT OF THESE LATER STORMS COULD ALSO 

LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO RAPID RUNOFF OVER THE SATURATED SOILS.



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 4294 9627 4349 9567 4348 9509 4233 9593

      4254 9647

TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 201DEG 42KT 4343 9558



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000 

WGUS73 KFSD 051847

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

145 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



IAC035-041-059-119-141-143-149-167-193-052045-

/O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080605T2045Z/

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

DICKINSON IA-OSCEOLA IA-LYON IA-SIOUX IA-OBRIEN IA-CLAY IA-

CHEROKEE IA-PLYMOUTH IA-WOODBURY IA-

145 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN WOODBURY...PLYMOUTH...WESTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN

CLAY...OBRIEN...EASTERN SIOUX...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LYON...OSCEOLA

AND WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES...



AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCHEYEDAN...MOVING NORTH AT 45 

MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA SHORTLY...BUT 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 

THE AFTERNOON. ANY HEAVY RAINS OUT OF THESE LATER STORMS COULD ALSO 

LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO RAPID RUNOFF OVER THE SATURATED SOILS.



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 4294 9627 4349 9567 4348 9509 4233 9593

      4254 9647

TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 201DEG 42KT 4343 9558



$$



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