FLASH FLOOD WATCH in effect through Saturday morning for Dickinson County... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA, SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHWEST IOWA, CLAY, DICKINSON, LYON, OBRIEN, OSCEOLA AND SIOUX. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA, COTTONWOOD, JACKSON, LINCOLN, LYON, MURRAY, NOBLES, PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA, BEADLE, BROOKINGS, DAVISON, HANSON, KINGSBURY, LAKE, LINCOLN, MCCOOK, MINER, MINNEHAHA, MOODY, SANBORN AND TURNER. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I 90 CORRIDOR. COMBINED WITH SOME LOCATIONS ALREADY EXPERIENCING SATURATED GROUND, FLASH FLOODING IS A THREAT WITH ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. UNDER LOCALIZED STRONG CELLS, TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. NOT EVERYONE WILL RECEIVE THESE KINDS OF AMOUNTS, WITH RAIN AMOUNTS GENERALLY AVERAGING A HALF INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. 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.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:15:07 +0000
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