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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

1145 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



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ROBERTS SD-GRANT SD-

1145 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR GRANT

AND SOUTHERN ROBERTS COUNTIES...



AT 1139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

BROOKS...SUMMIT...RUDEBUSCH 

CORNER...PEEVER...ORTLEY...MILBANK...MARVIN AND CORONA.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR GRANT COUNTY REPORTS THAT MANY COUNTY ROADS 

ARE UNDER WATER DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. MEANWHILE...ADDITIONAL RAIN 

IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING WHICH COULD FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE 

SITUATION.  



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 1645Z 180DEG 0KT 4517 9671



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