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WGUS53 KABR 191010

FFWABR

SDC013-037-091-109-191415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

508 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

  DAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

  ROBERTS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT.



* AT 503 AM CDT(403 AM MDT)...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH     

  THESE STORMS.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED      

  AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH         

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING   

  INCLUDE...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...GROTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...      

  AMHERST...ANDOVER...BARNARD...BATH...BRISTOL...BUTLER AND CLAIRE   

  CITY.



SOME STREETS IN THE ABERDEEN AREA HAVE FLOODED AS THE STORMS MOVED 

THROUGH THE AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4590 9690 4535 9683 4532 9728 4518 9727

      4518 9792 4526 9793 4530 9860 4588 9863



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