

000 

WGUS53 KABR 220257

FFWABR

SDC029-051-057-220600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

953 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  CODINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 949 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAVERLY...

  WATERTOWN...TWIN BROOKS...TROY...STRANDBURG...STOCKHOLM...SOUTH

  SHORE...RAUVILLE...MARVIN...LA BOLT AND FLORENCE



ABERDEEN DOPPLER RADAR...AND RAINFALL REPORTERS HAVE INDICATED THAT 

HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF CODINGTON...HAMLIN 

AND GRANT COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS MORE STORMS 

MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS LATE TONIGHT. 



WATERTOWN IS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS STREET FLOODING...AND OTHER SMALL 

TOWNS IN THE WARNED AREA MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.  



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4455 9748 4458 9692 4496 9690 4500 9662

      4533 9673 4510 9747



$$

TDK

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000 

WGUS53 KABR 220257

FFWABR

SDC029-051-057-220600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

953 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  CODINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 949 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAVERLY...

  WATERTOWN...TWIN BROOKS...TROY...STRANDBURG...STOCKHOLM...SOUTH

  SHORE...RAUVILLE...MARVIN...LA BOLT AND FLORENCE



ABERDEEN DOPPLER RADAR...AND RAINFALL REPORTERS HAVE INDICATED THAT 

HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF CODINGTON...HAMLIN 

AND GRANT COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS MORE STORMS 

MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS LATE TONIGHT. 



WATERTOWN IS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS STREET FLOODING...AND OTHER SMALL 

TOWNS IN THE WARNED AREA MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.  



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4455 9748 4458 9692 4496 9690 4500 9662

      4533 9673 4510 9747



$$

TDK

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