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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

1055 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BIG STONE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ORTONVILLE...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT WEDNESDAY



* AT 1050 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  YANKEETOWN...GRACEVILLE...CLINTON AND BONANZA GROVE



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THERE IS WATER OVER HIGHWAY 75 

NORTH OF ORTONVILLE.  AND MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY OVER THE NEXT HOUR 

OR SO WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE OR EXTEND IN COVERAGE THE FLOODING THAT 

HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. IN ADDITION RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.  



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.



LAT...LON 4519 9618 4525 9631 4527 9645 4534 9648

      4537 9653 4541 9668 4544 9673 4551 9676

      4558 9683 4558 9625 4542 9623 4541 9612

      4519 9611

TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 180DEG 0KT 4544 9634



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