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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
130 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR...

...MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 130 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD AND THROUGH MOODY COUNTY. 
STORMS FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING PRODUCED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 
PARTS OF THE COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE  
THROUGH 230 PM. RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE RISES ON AREA 
STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITHCES...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THE 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS IN URBAN 
AREAS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.