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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

705 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

  HYDE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* AT 610 PM CDT(510 PM MDT)...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN HAND AND EASTERN   

  HYDE COUNTIES.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE        

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE      

  FLOODING INCLUDE...HIGHMORE...MILLER DALE COLONY AND REE HEIGHTS.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4469 9905 4431 9906 4431 9959 4469 9959



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