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WGUS63 KFSD 312149
FFAFSD

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
449 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014

SDZ039-053-054-059-060-065-010600-
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KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP
449 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH 
  DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH 
  DAKOTA...KINGSBURY...MINER AND SANBORN. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH 
  DAKOTA...DAVISON...HANSON AND HUTCHINSON. 

* UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AREAS OF ONE TO TWO INCH RAIN AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN FROM KINGSBURY
  COUNTY...SOUTHWARD TO HUTCHINSON COUNTY SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT.
  THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN SOME DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED SPOTTY 3 INCH
  AMOUNTS IN HUTCHINSON COUNTY. IF RAINFALL REDEVELOPS THIS
  EVENING...FLASH FLOODING OR URBAN FLOODING MAY OCCUR DUE TO WET
  GROUND. CONVERSELY...IF SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL STAYS EAST OF THIS
  AREA...THEN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED EARLY.

* THE AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING OR URBAN FLOODING WILL BE
  FLAT AND LOW LYING LOCATIONS...OR AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. WITH
  AMPLE MOISTURE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE UP TO AN
  INCH OF RAIN VERY QUICKLY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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