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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

240 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARK...

  NORTHWESTERN CODINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  EASTERN DAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEBSTER...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 235 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED           

  FLOODING FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAUBAY

  WILDLIFE REFUGE...WAUBAY...WALLACE...ROSLYN...PICKEREL LAKE STATE

  PARK...LILY...HILLCREST COLONY...GRENVILLE...GARDEN CITY...FORDHAM

  COLONY AND BRADLEY



ABERDEEN DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATES A WIDE SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER AN AREA EXTENDING FROM CARPENTER...NORTHEAST TO 

CLARK AND WEBSTER. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS INDICATED THAT SOME RURAL 

ROADS IN CLARK COUNTY HAVE BEEN FLOODED.   



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

ABERDEEN.



LAT...LON 4463 9801 4462 9765 4514 9737 4557 9724

      4557 9750



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