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WGUS53 KABR 082038

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SDC013-090830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

334 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.



* AT 328 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN SOUTHERN DICKEY COUNTY  

  NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED A POTENTIAL DAM FAILURE ON THE PHEASANT      

  LAKE DAM. THIS LAKE IS ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF THE BROWN

  COUNTY BORDER...AND FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO ELM LAKE. 



* THE DAM STRUCTURE IS UNSTABLE AND COULD GIVE WAY AT ANY TIME      

  THIS WILL CAUSE EXTREME FLOODING OF ELM LAKE AND THE ELM RIVER.    

  THERE IS ALREADY LOW LAND FLOODING ALONG THE ELM RIVER AND WATER   

  IS CURRENTLY TOPPING THE ELM LAKE SPILLWAY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY   

  DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. PERSONS LIVING ALONG ELM LAKE 

OR THE ELM RIVER SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO 

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



LAT...LON 4593 9843 4547 9839 4555 9871 4593 9872



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