Flash Flood Watch Monday Night Through Tuesday Morning
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...MURRAY...NOBLES... PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA...DAVISON... HANSON...LAKE...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY AND SANBORN. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID EVENING THEN QUICKLY TRACK TO THE EAST. A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HIGH RAINFALL RATES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUICK PONDING OF WATER IN RAPID RUNOFF OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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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