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WGUS73 KFSD 052218

FFSFSD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

517 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



MNC033-063-101-105-060000-

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MURRAY MN-COTTONWOOD MN-NOBLES MN-JACKSON MN-

517 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN NOBLES...COTTONWOOD AND MURRAY COUNTIES...



AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL HAS TOTALED 

1 TO 3 INCHES SINCE LATE THIS MORNING...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM. MORE RAIN IS ALSO 

POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND 

MOVE INTO THE AREA.



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 4350 9501 4350 9566 4361 9554 4374 9606

      4419 9593 4420 9536 4415 9509 4412 9509

      4411 9488 4410 9485 4395 9485

TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 217DEG 50KT 4574 9406 4566 9316



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