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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

935 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MILBANK...

  SOUTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 933 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  TWIN BROOKS...SUMMIT...RUDEBUSCH CORNER...PEEVER...ORTLEY...MARVIN

  AND CORONA



LOCAL MEDIA HAS REPORTED THAT THERE IS WATER OVER INTERSTATE 29 NEAR 

WILMOT.  MEANWHILE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO 

INDICATES THAT ANYWHERE FROM 2.5 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALSO FALLEN 

OVER THIS 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.



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.



LAT...LON 4517 9688 4516 9722 4561 9722 4560 9686

      4540 9671 4532 9648 4498 9646 4498 9686

TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 180DEG 0KT 4517 9671



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