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WGUS73 KABR 111917

FFSABR



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

215 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



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BIG STONE MN-

215 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR BIG

STONE COUNTY...



AT 207 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF BIG STONE COUNTY.  HIGHWAY 28 

BETWEEN GRACEVILLE AND JOHNSON WAS UNDER WATER.  MANY TOWNSHIPS 

ROADS ARE ALSO UNDER WATER AND CLOSED. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WHICH COULD WORSEN THE 

FLOODING SITUATION.     



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YANKEETOWN...

GRACEVILLE...CLINTON AND BONANZA GROVE



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 1915Z 180DEG 0KT 4544 9634



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