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WGUS63 KFSD 032200
FFAFSD

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
500 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

IAZ012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ069>071-040600-
/O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140604T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DIXON-DAKOTA-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...
HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
500 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST 
  SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST 
  IOWA...BUENA VISTA...CHEROKEE...CLAY...IDA...OBRIEN... 
  PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA 
  AND DIXON. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...CLAY...UNION AND 
  YANKTON. 

* UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* IT APPEARS THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH TORRENTIAL
  RAINFALL MAY SETUP JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA. IF THE HEAVY
  RAINFALL REMAINS CONFINED TO AREAS FURTHER SOUTH...THEN THE
  FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED EARLY. HOWEVER THE
  MAIN PORTION OF THE UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE STILL HAS NOT MOVED
  THROUGH YET...THEREFORE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD
  REDEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WATCH
  WILL REMAIN VALID FOR A WHILE LONGER.

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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