Flash Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
105 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

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MINNEHAHA SD-
105 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA
COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CDT...

AT 100 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
WIDESPREAD 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN SIOUX FALLS
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO AROUND 5 INCHES. AMOUNTS WERE ESTIMATED
AT 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN SIOUX FALLS.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...SIOUX FALLS.

AT 100 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC AND BROADCAST MEDIA HAVE REPORTED THAT
FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS WESTERN
SIOUX FALLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4362 9662 4350 9662 4350 9689 4351 9690
      4362 9690

$$

JH
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