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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

425 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT THOMPSON...

  SOUTHWESTERN HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

  SOUTHEASTERN HUGHES COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

  SOUTHERN HYDE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HIGHMORE...

  EASTERN LYMAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOWER BRULE...



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  REC AREA...REE HEIGHTS...OACOMA...LEES CORNER AND IONA



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4350 9962 4373 9964 4369 9983 4375 9988

      4471 9950 4470 9911 4392 9921 4392 9935

      4385 9930 4377 9942 4371 9940 4369 9946

      4367 9945 4365 9935 4358 9934 4352 9928

      4349 9930



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